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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Standing on the driver's seat of the lead tank, Monson stretched his long legs, then pulled down his goggles against the driving snow. All but his head and shoulders disappeared through the hatch and he gave her the gun. Followed by the others, his lead M-24 snarled and roared down the almost deserted post street, heading for the back area of the reservation...
Medellin (pronounced Medday-heen) and its tributary towns of the Aburra Valley are the seat of the three major Colombian textile concerns-Coltejer, Fabricate, and Tejicondor. The Medellin tobacco industry is a monopoly. In Medellin, far from the Magdalena, a new skyscraper is going up to house the Antioquian company that dominates Magdalena River shipping. Most of Colombia's investments in gold, all in oil and steel, the bulk of the coffee trade have their homes in Medellin...
...idea what to do to get along without a cistern has been successfully rigged up by Lena Bloom, over at the county seat, who turned about six feet of her downspout up so the rainwater runs into a washtub that sets on a barrel, and if there is a light shower she invariably gets enough in the tub to do a washing, but a heavy downpour will not only fill the tub but will overflow and fill the barrel. . . . With the downspout lifted, her supply is ample although she has some trouble getting the washtub, when it is full, down...
English antiquarians were delighted at the promise of speedier restoration for one of their oldest churches-traditional seat of St. Augustine, martyring-place of Thomas a Becket, repository of the bones of saints, and the goal of Chaucer's pilgrims. British economists were pleased to have this unexpected addition to Britain's dollar balance. But Thomas Lament's gift could be better measured in other terms. In his letter of thanks, the Archbishop of Canterbury wrote...
...Back-seat scorers are not anticipating victory in the breast stroke for the visiting team, but the Crimson swimmers are expected to pull both relays out of the fire. Ballard, who amassed a ten-point total as high scorer in the Pointers meet, will join with Jerry Gorman and Ted and Norris to offer the Lions potentially powerful opposition in the long distance races...