Word: precious
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...training his neighbors' children. He wrote his book to illustrate "the kind of reason ing used on I.Q. tests.'' Most helpful exercises are in speedier reading, such as the art of skimming, and such test-taking tips as how to mark machine-graded answers to save precious seconds. "Just knowing the technique of taking the test can increase the score." says Rosenfeld...
Viet Nam (land of the south) has long been a magnet for conquerors. First came the Chinese, who drove south in the 2nd century B.C. to grab control for a thousand years, labeling the area Annam (pacified south), exacting tributes of pearls, precious stones, elephant tusks and valuable woods for the Emperor. Cleverly, the Annamese took the best China had to offer?the Chinese classics, the ethics of Confucius, and Mahayana Buddhism. But they fought fiercely and persistently to regain their independence...
...images in religious art. But Chagall has populated his Bible land with swirling stars, delicate flowers and prancing animals ever since he was a boy singing in the synagogue of Vitebsk. To these personal images, Chagall added clues he found in Moses' instructions in Exodus that a dozen precious gems be engraved with the names of the twelve tribes. Chagall suffused each window with a single brilliant color on which he painted Joseph's description of the tribes of Israel found in Genesis and Deuteronomy, i.e., Naphtali is described as "a hind let loose," Zebulun as dwelling...
...honesty of critical intention in the pointless snipes of (say) the civil rights reports: "Surely we are not to suppose that Kennedy believes in the justice of the segregationist position. But if not, we can only conclude that he is deterred by political considerations. He wants to roll his precious pork-barrels through. Or is the author of Profiles In Courage afraid of Lyndon...
...your own time . . . and don't wait for death to open up your heart to the needy and the sick. I believe flowers are proper and right at the time of death, beautifully symbolic of the brief human life, grown by God and thereby so precious to Him, even at its fading. So, no matter what others may say, send ME flowers. And don't use my last mortal remains as a charity income tax deduction...