Word: provenance
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Moscow, however, assert that the Chinese force involved was the equivalent of a regiment-about 3,000 men. It is in the Soviet interest to portray China's belligerence in lurid terms. Moscow's reports were strongly phrased and probably exaggerated. The Chinese employed their Korea-proven "human wave" attacks-and Moscow claims that Russian casualities were heavy, although exact totals have not been released so far. A Soviet counterattack, using armored cars, reportedly cleared the island. Soviet Colonel Demokrat V. Leonov was killed, and the scale of fighting indicates that both sides probably suffered substantially...
Peter ends his book with the hope that a philanthropist will soon endow a chair of hierarchiology at a major university. "I am ready for the post," he says, "having proven myself capable in my present endeavors...
...Sunday, the last season games will be over. If the Bruins with their next three games, the first place is theirs. But first place? It's only a little more crass money. It's not The Title and, as the past has proven, it guarantees little more than a spot in the Cup playoffs...
...many violinists, success means polishing the personal image and sticking to proven works from the standard repertory. Even his best friends admit that Violinist Paul Zukofsky does not have much of a personal image. He is a sad-eyed, dour, defensive loner who will run from a circle of party chatterers rather than make small talk. When he emerges from the wings to perform, it is not with the elegant stride of a Milstein or the open-armed warmth of a Stern. It is with a rapid, open-toed, Chaplinesque shuffle. When Zukofsky plays, his music often consists...
...commonly known as "synthetic marijuana," is one compound isolated from marijuana, but it has never been proven as the active compound, Dr. Weil said, "and there is no such thing as illegal THC. That is just tranquilizer in a capsule. The real stuff is too hard to get and too expensive to manufacture illegally...