Word: roofs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...claimed that the default decision was illegal because his client was never served with papers in the case.) Among the highlights listed in the Kaisers' complaint: 1) all the draperies had to be replaced because Lanza's dogs preferred them to trees or fire hydrants, 2) the roof leaked badly after TV Fan Lanza's five antennas were ripped out, 3) a hand-carved piano leg was tooth-carved, 4) all doors had to be rehung. Wailed Mrs. Kaiser: "[Amidst] the debris, dirt, filth and desecration . . . only the ceilings were intact." Couple of days later, a long...
...hadn't eaten any garlic.") Billy hardly seemed to believe his senses. "This has been the most astounding night of my ministry," he said, mopping his brow. "I saw more sincerity in the eyes of those who came forward tonight than I have ever seen before." Leaky Roof. Most French newspapers praised Billy's sincerity but were unwilling to take him seriously. France-Soir termed him "Heaven's publicity man," roguishly claimed that the audience had "understood neither his sermon in English nor the translation . . . The messenger of Christ . . . has given himself five days to convert Paris...
During the second meeting, a thunderstorm broke out and some of Billy's listeners raised umbrellas as rain began leaking through the roof. "I was told today that you needed rain," said Billy without batting an eye. "I am happy it is raining."_Billy remained happy throughout his stay in Paris. Although he did not draw a single capacity audience, the turnout was greater than he had expected. On his last night (he later left for a brief rest in Zurich before starting a tour of other European countries), he drew a crowd of 11,000. "We have fallen...
WASHINGTON'S Pan American Union quietly put on view last week an exhibition calculated to raise the roof. The work of a passionate, plump and indefatigable Ecuadorian Indian named Oswaldo Guayasamin (pronounced guy-yah-sah-meait, and meaning, in Inca. "white bird flying"), it was as powerful as any painting to come out of South America in modern times. Guayasamin, 35, once studied with Mexico's late master of mordantly bitter painting, José Clemente Orozco. He has a similar social consciousness, amounting to aching rage at man's inhumanities, and a similar range of techniques, from...
...youth movements, not in political parties. It doesn't vote; it doesn't pay taxes. It goes to the movies three times a week, plays the pinball machines in cafés, flits through the dance halls, attends boxing and football matches and jaywalks." STRUGGLE FOR A ROOF...