Word: polishes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...American Civil War states, "The Russians actually dispatched warships to the U.S. to demonstrate their support" [July 4]. This was not the case. The Russian fleet had been ordered to sea as a precaution against easy destruction in the Baltic Sea in case of war. Russian treatment of the Polish people in rebellion had led to representations by the French and British governments. This caused concern in Russia that war might result. Of course, when the fleets arrived in New York and San Francisco, the Russians were glad to be hailed as supporters of the Union cause and did nothing...
...representative of the Communist Party of Paraguay, attacks and condemnations were included against one party that is not attending the conference. We consider that if other par ties follow this procedure, this will lead to a course fraught with danger for the success of our conference," he said. Undeterred, Polish First Secretary Wladyslaw Gomulka resumed the Soviet-orchestrated attack on the Chinese: "The principles of internationalism have been betrayed by the present leaders of the Communist Party of China, who have, from positions of anti-Soviet nationalism and great-power chauvinism, violated the solidarity of the international Communist movement...
...name was changed to the Minnesota Orchestra. More than just a semantic gimmick, that symbolized the orchestra's intention to become regional rather than a municipal enterprise. As a result, it could now zero in on large, untapped financial sources in Saint Paul and other Minnesota communities. Under Polish Conductor Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, who had been programming an imaginative spectrum of Western music, the orchestra began presenting school concerts all over the state, lowering student-ticket prices at Northrop Auditorium in Minneapolis to $1. When it became apparent that new audiences were being reached, donations from previously untapped sources began...
...volts A.C.?that's fine"?meanwhile running his hand along the tops of doors to see if they had been dusted. Entering one room, he pointed to the bed, asked "Do you mind?" and flopped onto it, carefully keeping his feet raised to avoid getting black shoe polish on the spread. In a bathroom, he climbed into the tub, fully clothed, to test its leg room, then turned on the shower?soaking his jacket in the process...
...really a pleasure to watch Ince play. Even someone who knows less about lacrosse than I do couldn't help but notice his infinite polish. If you will excuse the sentimentality, it seems appropriate that Ince has the same number as Mickey Mantle did. But Harvard probably won't retire the number 7 as the Yankees will. And Ince's dedication is evident on the lacrosse field as well as on a squash court. One day when I went down to practice, everyone had gone in except for three guys. One of them was Ince...