Word: set
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...challenged one Russian attempt to restrict entry to Berlin by sending a C-130 transport in and out of Berlin well above the Russian-set limit of 10,000 ft., despite harassment by Communist fighters; days later came a Russian backdown...
...fifth base hit in seven official trips in the contest that lasted 4 hours and 25 minutes. The two teams used 43 players, only one short of the American League record set in 1956 by Boston and New York...
...approaches is particularly relevent to architecture. Another way to frame the contrast is in the opposition between the old eclectic method whereby the student looked to traditional styles for design forms and the modern approach which stresses the need for a unique design solution for every different set of conditions...
...desire, then, set down No Place To Run as a rather impressive first installment from a talented young hack suffering from a fertile imagination and not much control. But I find it difficult to do that not only because Stone does have talent as a craftsman, but also because the book irritates...
...Goldberg of the intellect with his head in the clouds of the title; and his students stoop over so their brains can look for profundities while their arses master star-gazing. The playwright achieved a special mixture of satire, criticism, obscenity, invective, wit, fantasy, and lyricism-all within a set of conventions as rigid and complex as those of the 18th-century opera buffa...