Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Palos from which they had so lately set their sails. To the front lay the Cape, beckoning them to newer worlds. Beyond still farther fell that mystic headland which sailors have come to revere as do Gata, and then, still farther, farther to the East, lay the still silent rock which kept the entrance to their maritime knowledge. Beyond,--beyond that rock few men had ventured, and those who had, dared not to pass in straight defiance of the beetling brow of the noble Cape St. Vincent, so stern a guardian of the continent. But through the rock, and beyond...
...Dirrane (who acted as Flaherty's housemaid between scenes), a handsome child named Michael and a curly-haired fisherman known as Tiger King, the film shows the daily life of the Aran Islanders, their barren homes where garden soil must be gathered in baskets from crevices in the rock, their frail seagoing curraghs of tarred skins stretched over basketwork frames. High spot in the film is the harpooning of a 30-ft. basking shark by Tiger King & friends...
Though Methodists and Congregationalists are more famed for radical zeal, there are nevertheless plenty of Presbyterian liberals. To those members of his great, cautious, rock-like church Editor Chaffee will address himself, avoiding theological controversy. Says he: "We seek unity in the Presbyterian Church, not divisions." Guided by a council of able Manhattan pastors, The Presbyterian Tribune will be backed by Presbyterians whose names he declines to reveal...
...willow wands and miscellaneous supplies. They left with 35 pounds of climbing rope and extra clothing but no food except for two bars of chocolate. By 11 o'clock the final ridge leading to the summit had been reached and after an hour and a half of difficult rock and snow climbing the summit itself was made in the midst of a snow-cap snow storm which prevented anything being seen and forced the climbers to return as soon as they got there...
...Mohicans (it will never be a juvenile), but that would not necessarily mean it was a less worthy book. Even Cooper-addicts will admit that Author Stone has done a first-rate job. Her admirers will compare The Cold Journey favorably with Willa Gather's Shadow on the Rock...