Word: nest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Czech prosecutor, in summing up his case against 14 defendants, 11 of whom were Jews, said "They are rats, snakes, and cannibals, and the verdict of the judges must fall like an iron fist on this nest of snakes without mercy." Zionism was listed as one of their major crimes...
...cold weather, cocooned in several layers of shawls and scarves, and wrapped in a huge old overcoat, she sallies forth. Her hands nest mandarin-style in the large sleeves. Each day's walk ends the same way-with a visit to her "last sweetheart," an 80-year-old carpenter of Lakeville. "I spend my relaxation ration with him. We understand each other -we are both craftsmen: he loves his carpentry as I love my music. Our conversation is very condensed." With a birdlike flutter of her thin-boned hands, Landowska adds: "But his niece -she is too bourgeoise...
...CRIMSON merely toadying to Radcliffe, or has it become a nest of effeminates (to say fairies might be going...
...Firebird. In Cleveland, just after Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso Capretta had finished remodeling their home, a bird picked up a lighted cigarette from the street, flew to its nest in their roof, and set a $2,500 fire...
Modern English novelists, like Japanese farmers, often cultivate small patches of ground for maximum yields. Angus Wilson, 39, does most of his digging in mildewing sections of the British middle class. In The Wrong Set, a batch of 13 craftsmanlike stories, he unearthed a nest of hypocrites, perverts and bores. In his first novel. Hemlock and After, he lifts a rock from more human vermin...