Word: rowse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Throughout the long rows small, diligent heads were bent over the copybooks on the desks, and over the sounds of busy, scratching pens only a clock ticked...In the back, however, in the row closest to the windows, set a pale, this youth whose dark, brooding eyes turned not to...
A prospector who stumbled out of the mountains that ring the Arizona desert might be forgiven for trying to blink away a mirage. Below, on the hot sands near Tucson, shimmers probably the largest collection of aircraft ever assembled in one place in the history of the world. Some of...
"When I was made commander of this place, I thought, 'What did I do to inherit a junkyard?' " says Air Force Colonel Henry Gronewald, who has had the job since June 1974. In fact, Gronewald has more planes under his command than any other base commander in the...
With classes ranging from highly structured to almost totally free, Quincy probably offers more choice than any other high school in the U.S. At one end of the spectrum is the Traditional School. There, teachers hand out conventional assignments, deliver lectures and give grades; students sit in rows, take mostly...
IN THE NEARLY-deserted auditorium, nearly 1300 or so plastic and steel chairs quiver in erratic rows. Two women from Chicago, both in their early twenties, sit in the rear row. "The conference doesn't look dominated by anyone so far," says one. She is shocked by the people in...