Word: myriad
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Happiest of all the myriad little artisans and dye-makers. Arms akimbo they stand in the doorways of their workshops and beckon to passersby to come and see their baubles and goodies, all done up for the occasion in shades of khaki. For khaki was the favorite color of St. Simparootieville, and in his honor the maidens swathe themselves in khaki wool, corduroy, and taffeta...
...continent, the big machine works on its subjects continuously, day and night. From innumerable screens and stages, posters and pages, it flashes the larger-than-life-sized images of sex. From countless racks and shelves, it pushes the books which a few years ago were considered pornography. From myriad loudspeakers, it broadcasts the words and rhythms of pop-music erotica. And constantly, over the intellectual Muzak, comes the message that sex will save you and libido make you free...
...deeply grateful for your generous treatment. The myriad of negatives in my first half-century uniquely generated experiences essential to whatever positives are manifest in my last 18 years. However, if my life provided nought else but legends to ultimately inspire Artzybasheff's cover, my life is fully justified...
There are some individuals who pursue only unattainable girls, worship the New York Mets, and root for the Indians to clobber the cowboys; upon such a masochistic foundation was built the personality of the fan who rooted for the basketball team and blithely ignored the myriad of successful Harvard winter sports teams...
...largest rubber company. Since there is no company on the scene that seems likely to overtake it soon, Goodyear has looked for its challenges elsewhere. With 98,000 employees-one of the largest work forces in the nation-it now turns out more than 30,000 products, from myriad rubber goods to such unexpected items as airplane brakes, radar systems, missile liners and plastic film used to package anything from oleomargarine to cigars. As if this were not enough, the Pentagon this week will take the wraps off an unusual, top-secret new missile developed by Goodyear (though rubber plays...