Word: minding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bartolomeo Ammannati in 1569, the "bridge of the beautiful curve" had enchanted generations of Florentines with its unobtrusive elegance, its "mysterious arches" that followed no known geometric curve or architectural formula. "Away from Florence," said famed Art Historian Bernard Berenson, "this was always the image which came to my mind...
...either Lleras Camargo or Gómez had a replacement candidate in mind, the name remained his own secret...
...recently said: "I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is a temporary situation." He began to straighten out the temporary situation of 1947 with As the Girls Go, which opened-a scant year after bankruptcy-on money provided by angels whose faith in Mike was unshaken. Todd invested early in Cinerama, sold out and invested in Todd-AO, sold his interest in this successful process to help finance 80 Days. He wanted everything to be big, fast, spectacular. On the first anniversary of 80 Days, he threw a party...
Grandpa Storm hates to see Alaska's wealth drained away by "outside" (Stateside) capitalists. To him Alaska is the last frontier of both the nation's natural wealth and the individual's freedom. He lives in an old cabin, runs a high-minded weekly, and fights with Grandpa Kennedy for the mind of beautiful Christine. In Author Ferber's hands, the battle is unequal. Not only does Christine refuse to marry the rich man's son Kennedy has in mind for her, but it is also reasonably clear that a part-Eskimo pilot, one Ross...
...have a problem, sir" and Raju hears him out, the stargazer's career as a swami has begun. Soon he gets credit for every good thing that happens in Malgudi. He repays his followers in doubtful oracular wisdom ("What can a crocodile do to you if your mind is clear and your conscience is untroubled?"). When a drought parches the countryside, Raju inadvertently agrees to fast till the rains come. He caches food in the corners of the temple, but the round-the-clock ministrations of his disciples prevent him from eating it. At this point Raju realizes that...