Word: precious
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...inhabitants stalk oxen with a broom and a pan. The Hector of the tale is the village mayor, a paisano whose native cunning has been reinforced by the study of Machiavelli. The Agamemnon of the story is a German captain assigned to rob the village of its only precious possession: 1,320,000 bottles of vermouth...
...good." Lady Bird's "philosopher" adds with hill-country fatalism: "You must learn to live the very day you've got; you're only going to have it once." Facing the veriest day of her young life this week, Luci was clearly determined to savor every precious moment of it, public and private...
...stick down, Young dived the spacecraft in a brute-force attempt to get back on the correct trajectory. He failed, but finally did manage to swerve the spacecraft into a nearly normal "buttonhook" rendezvous. Though his quick thinking saved the maneuver, the incident burned up 268 more lbs. of precious propellant than mission plans had anticipated...
...Youth Cult is intimately related to the American denial of death. Europe has escaped it so far by retaining the tragic sense of life. There it is recognized that each age has its unique joys and charms, and the entire span of life is valued as equally precious. In the U.S., the Youth Cult marches from trick to trick, the latest being a preparation called "Great Day," by which a man can rinse that grey right out of his hair...
After nine months of trying to unify the warring factions among her husband's followers in Argentina, Isabel Perón, 35, found that her efforts had come to precious little: the recent military coup led to the dissolution of all political parties. So Isabel rejoined el líder in his Spanish exile. She was met with a lengthy embrace from unwan Juan, looking less than his 70 years, and the couple went off for "a second honeymoon." Their transportation: a black Mercedes that is registered in the U.S. to avoid Spanish import duties. Old dictators know...