Word: paired
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Machine weavers at home spin off 35 ft. of ordinary cloth daily, while the Moriyamas labored all day to produce a scant 2 ft. of Kurume-gasuri. They took their new responsibilities seriously. In all of 1958 the pair made only 420 ft., which the government promised to buy. But when 140 ft. of it was rejected by a special government committee as "not living up to living cultural asset standards," and the committee paid only $300 for what it accepted, Tomikichi Moriyama said to his wife: "Ah, such mental suffering we have to endure since we became living cultural...
...demand that a set of three brought up to $140-and the bird was on its way out in Britain.* In 1916 the British government put ospreys on the protected list (current penalty: up to 28 days in jail, $70 per egg), but it was too late. The last pair in the British Isles had died or emigrated...
...very captivating woman, but she is frequently unconvincing as an actress. She is supposed to cry at several points, for example, but a drier eye was never seen. Moreover, she tends to squeal when she speaks, and she minces about excessively. Mr. Danielewski is the more successful of the pair. But it takes an extremely experienced artist to direct himself in a starring role, and even then the results usually leave much to be desired. His performance is too subdued, his staging indecisive and vague, and there is far too much stage business. He does not seem to have...
...nothing. Jewish boys seldom learned to swim, says Golden, because the waterfront lay deep in Irish territory. The immigrants had an enormous respect for learning, and in every photography studio, the appropriate props were on hand. "When the fellow posed you he said, 'How about a pair of eyeglasses?' You acted a bit coy, but you were very grateful to the man, especially when he also put a pencil in your hand...
Gideon of Scotland Yard. Director John Ford and British Cinemactor Jack Hawkins, as well-coupled a pair as could be imagined, together track down corrupt cops, dope rings, a sex murderer, and other signs of the times...