Word: omens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Soviet Union, the omens read, sales would be low of the bestselling Inside Russia Today by Reporter John Gunther. One omen: a blistering review in the powerful Literary Gazette, official voice of the Soviet Writers' Union. Conceding that Gunther had some of his facts straight on Soviet industry and culture, the Gazette dismissed the latest Inside story as "ill-intentioned lies and malinformed assertion," containing analyses of Marxism and Soviet history that are "slanderous, libelous and inaccurate...
...only four days after 50 had died in the capital's bloodiest battle, and in the midst of tension so great that the U.S. embassy had told all 5,000 American residents of Lebanon to stay indoors for the day. But Dag Hammarskjold, imperturbable professional bird of good omen, brought the country-at least temporarily-its quietest days since the revolt began. He moved swiftly into headquarters in the Biarritz Hotel commanding a magnificent view of the Mediterranean, and began conferences with the U.N. observers who had already arrived under the Security Council directive to "ensure that there...
...weddings are legal, and senior relatives may sponsor them. But under cross-examination last week, sister-in-law Yip admitted that she had not really used a rooster as Wat's proxy. Yip explained that she feared that the rooster would die before Wat returned-certainly an ill omen for Wat's marital bliss with Chan. Therefore Wat had been represented at the ceremony by a more durable cakebox...
...Omen of Hope. Born just one week after the Nazis invaded her country and named after the great 14th century queen who extended her rule throughout Scandinavia, Margrethe's birth was regarded during the somber days of the occupation as an omen of brighter times to come. She grew into a shy but fun-loving little girl who, when asked what she liked best about the private school she was attending, blurted: "All that milling around and pushing and shoving in the corridors...
...Naples at regular intervals: on San Gennaro's feast day (Sept. 19). on the Saturday before the first Sunday in May and. occasionally, at other times. The process has taken as long as 22 hours (in 1944) and as little as five seconds (1919). Speed is a good omen, Neapolitans believe, and last week's 28 minutes, while not a record, seemed to bode well for the year ahead...