Word: ridings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Whose America? Last week, in England on a refresher trip, Reporter Iddon looked about him and blandly remarked: ''There seems to be a surprising amount of ignorance about America. People here seem to think Americans eat nothing but steak and ride in enormous cars. Of course, that's nonsense." Then he went to work to plug his new book, Don Iddon's America (Falcon Press, London; 125, 6d), a collection of his columns which have been carefully edited with the wisdom of hindsight. Some still unedited Iddon items: ¶"The electric chair is working overtime...
...rocket and a symmetrical cigar. When floodlighted at night, the Skyline looks as if it is floating in air without any means of support. This impresses blackout trained Londoners a good deal and when they show a visitor around the city at night they almost inevitably ride by the Bank and point...
...Festival-goer has hours to kill, he can take a joy ride on the Thames or lounge around one of the thirteen festival restaurants. He may even wander through House and Gardens or a New Schools Pavilion...
...make sure that rodeo mounts will come out bucking, they are harnessed with a tight "flank" strap, fastened around the belly and croup. The strap is tightened just before the chute door opens, is quickly released again at the end of the ride...
...natural let-up, started to move, the Crimson seemed to panic. Harvard still had a 4 to 2 edge going into the last period, but the ten could not get the jump on the ball as it had in the opening periods. The midfields failed to check back, the ride collapsed, and the attack blew several easy goals...