Word: magical
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sentences are short, relatively flat, but it covers more subjects than the other sets. Britannica has large type, the shortest, most oversimplified articles, the fewest illustrations and a dry factual style. Compton's writing is lively and it covers such child-intriguing topics as magic and fairies but more prosaic topics are often overdone. A child has to work through nine pages to learn about the U.S. Postal service...
Brahms, Bizet and Bhumibol-two compositions by the Massachusetts-born King entitled Falling Rain and Magic Beams...
First news of the successful missile shot was flashed over Radio Peking in the dead of night. As if by Maoist magic, the Gate of Heavenly Peace was instantly floodlit, and a People's Daily "extra" was on the streets within the hour. Squads of People's Liberation Army soldiers goose-stepped through Peking, each man waving a tiny Red flag...
...chat with his old political swapmate and to the surprise of everyone, including U Nu, set the ex-Premier free. It largely reflected Ne Win's solid sense of security-and his conviction that after nearly five years out of circulation, U Nu's old political magic has largely evaporated. Taking no chances, Ne Win, in the best tradition of Asian indirection, suggested to U Nu that he might well want to use his new freedom for a "pilgrimage" outside Burma or for "medical treatment" abroad...
...about what those positions really were, the charm of this book lies in Buckley's unfailing awareness of the absurdities of campaign rhetoric and rigmarole. He recalls that during televised debates, Lindsay carefully arranged in front of him vast numbers of index cards "on which were graven in Magic Marker salient points or statistics." Admits Buckley: "I had a mad impulse, one time when he went off to pose for a picture, to scramble the cards around, or maybe doctor the statistics just a little, horrible bit." Buckley also recalls envying candidates who could "manage a warming half-smile...