Word: paraphernalia
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...combustion engine upset all the old techniques. Barbed wire and the machine gun, recalls Author Bush, "ended forever the hot rush of masses of men." In modern times, says he in a typical scientist's estimate, not man but the factory became "a dominant element in the whole paraphernalia...
...worked as a domes tic for one of his friends, and on a second count, with seducing another teenager. As the result of a judicial hearing, Happy Apodaca was thrown out of office. The jury raided gambling joints on its own, confiscated slot machines and piles of gambling paraphernalia, scared every gambler in the state into shutting up shop...
...Hungarian victory celebration to chip off a little more glory. They nabbed husky, blonde Gizi Farkas, three times world champion Ping-Pongstress. As with her other compatriots, Gizi's excursion this side of the Iron Curtain was an occasion for stocking up on nylons, watches, lighters-all the paraphernalia of the bourgeois West. She was so awe-struck at the sight of Swedish abundance that she had bagged a handsome wool jacket without paying for it. "I've never seen such a beautiful thing before," she admitted. "I just couldn't resist...
...hardship put upon the actors is their being deprived the use of 17th Century costumes and paraphernalia, the mere use of which would have given them better understanding of their roles, and opportunities for some amusing stage business which grey flannels and New Looks do not offer. Above these obstacles, there is some fine comedy acting by the Idler group. Barbara Tuttle's Millimant was very clever, warm, and extremely attractive. The Witwoud of Peter Davis-Dibble seemed to carry over best into modern dress and he was particularly funny in his drunk scene. Carol LaCascio, as Foible, and Harris...
While little men toiled atop the Stadium yesterday rigging spotter's phones and other paraphernalia, a larger species of men in the employ of Art Valpey were working on the fields below polishing up more basic elements for Saturday's opener...