Word: pilings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would say that any antagonism toward the U.S. by the man in the street in England is emotional rather than rational, e.g., "Let them start the next war, and we'll come in two or three years later, after we've made a pile selling them stuff," or "If there had been a few bombs on New York in the last lot, they mighn't be so bloody keen now." It is not Communists who make these remarks...
Rising on Saturday, Beau Brummel dumps the pile of dirty laundry off the foot of his bed, slips into his white bucks and clomps into the bathroom for his first bath since the Saturday before...
...hill of Champel, just outside the city of Geneva, a man was made ready for burning. A crown of straw and leaves sprinkled with sulphur was placed on his head, and a thick rope was wound around his neck. He was chained to a stake and a pile of fresh wood lay at his feet. A book of his own authorship, called The Restoration of Christianity, was bound to his arm. When the executioner waved the torch before his face, he cried out: "O Jesus. Son of the Eternal God, have pity on me." Then the faggots were...
...picture of his baby from 20 feet away, forgets to wind his film, and cannot tell a thyratron from a réseau.† He is looked down on by experts, but it is he who provides the vast ground swell of enthusiasm for photography, and he has helped pile up the statistics of photography's tremendous growth...
Klein cited the need for increased donations this year since the national stock-pile of whole blood is "dangerously...