Word: pickings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...full-faced peek into the future. Said he, at a Washington banquet: "The first instrument of transport was developed when man placed a load on his woman's back. Then came the pack mule. Now the day is at hand when a crane helicopter will be able to pick up a ready-made house, deliver it to its site while the owners are inside having dinner...
...dates, forces employed and strategy of 500 historic battles, or hum entire symphonies. Thanks to his rare gift, Nadler currently may add as much as $192,000 to winnings that have already provided a $15,000 house for his wife and three sons. Beyond that, he can take his pick of offers that will lift him out of his clerk's job in the Army supply depot in downtown St. Louis...
Roberta has more than the un-glamour of middle age. to recommend her-an open, frankly sentimental, strongly appealing style. She makes her entrance chanting Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing in a slightly husky, twangy voice. After the applause dies down, she may take off her glasses, pick up a battered cymbal and start flailing it with a wire brush while she launches into a foot-stomping, open-throated jazz version of Lazy River...
...Broadmoor is extraordinarily sports-minded. Besides the NCAA Hockey Tournament, it sponsored the World's Figure Skating Championships this year, and although their losses ran into the thousands of dollars, the sponsors were only too happy to pick up the tab, especially since a CC (Colorado College) boy, David Jenkins, won the crown...
...resort center is its isolated locale. This year, the plane carrying the three teams was unable to land on the runway as a bad snowstorm iced the field. The Broadmoor dealt with this situation by sending a bus and two limousines up to Denver, some 75 miles away, to pick up the teams. An official of the hotel said later, "We're working on something to control this situation." Indications are that the "Springs" will build a new airport, naturally with the assistance of the Broadmoor...