Word: oak
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sainte Marie, Mich., spokesman for the 1,000-member Friends of Lizzie Borden. Each of Lizzie's friends commemorates the 78th anniversary of her parents' deaths in his own way. Rabe walks to the outskirts of Sault Sainte Marie carrying an ax, buries it in an unsuspecting oak tree, strolls back into town and gets drunk...
...spiders and a reptile collection (starring an 80-year-old alligator) was built in the vaulted chateau cellars; a special baby animal zoo usurped one corner of the grounds; 280 monkeys, brought all the way from Southeast Asia, were set loose and swinging in the 15 acres of beech, oak and hickory trees. Parking facilities were established, as well as a restaurant, picnic area, gas station and that necessary adjunct to the tourist trade, a photo and souvenir shop...
...time around here," he says, "there were the early bloomers as politicians from Winnetka and Oak Park. You could get elected president of the freshman class with only five votes if you really wanted. But as soon as the class graduates, it falls into the hands of the alumni association, the leaders of which have got to be from Boston, and have got to be involved with money. So you end up with the State Street or insurance types almost, by definition after all the express purpose of the 25th reunion is to get money from the fat cats...
Pale spring sunshine glowed on the House of Commons' oak paneling last week as Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins rose to start the annual spring rite of Budget Day. It was a twitchy moment for the British, who look to the budget for both a review of past economic performance and word of the government's future policies. In too many years since World War II, the budget has brought higher taxes, tighter credit and myriad other measures designed to solve Britain's chronic balance of payments problem. This time Jenkins offered much hope-and some...
...squaw leans back and rests in a bed of oak leaves. Standing at the edge of the clearing are her own brave and the keeds. Golden now in the newly created sunlight, they are obviously knocked out by the beauty of all their Merilee has accomplished. They must think she is a well without bottom...