Word: nearly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Meaning: "The Church of St. Mary in a hollow of white hazel, near a rapid whirlpool and near St. Tysilio's Church close to a red cave...
...length, the Russians ("neither overly friendly nor hostile-just resigned") permitted Sheely to examine the ship's papers (all in order) and the ship's log. From log notations, Sheely found that Novorossisk had indeed been plowing the seas near the cables at the time of the interruptions. Experts' consensus: the trawler's heavily weighted nets had fouled in the cables; when the fishermen raised the nets, they raised the cables too, and the cables were broken or cut away to save the trawling gear.*After a 70-min. tour of the ship, Sheely asked...
Before he can leave the U.S., Yankus must sell his100-acre farm near Dowagiac in southwestern Michigan, finish paying off $4,562 in penalties levied against him in court by the U.S. Government. His offense: raising for his 5,000 chickens more wheat than he was allowed under the average-quota system...
...brass-spangled parade ground of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio one day last week, a burly, handsome, four-star general stepped forward to face General Thomas D. White, Air Force Chief of Staff. Moments later, General Edwin W. Rawlings was sporting a new piece of hardware on his chest: a first oakleaf cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal. With this parting gift, Ed Rawlings officially concluded 30 years of extraordinary service to the Air Force, went on his way at a youthful 54 to a civilian job as director and financial vice president of General Mills. Left...
...Himself born in the area, near Trento. He grew up an Austrian citizen, served seven years in the Austrian Parliament before entering Italian politics. To his death in 1954 he spoke Italian with a trace of an Austrian accent...