Word: skies
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...boys who ride the slipstream, we're the heroes of the sky...
...cobbled streets, the inhabitants hung out of their windows to see what was happening. Curfew was in force because the rebels had shelled the town with 65 mm. cannon a few nights before. Out in the countryside the scent of almond blossoms filled the damp air. Overhead the sky was clear and stars shone back from puddles of water and the shallow streams we crossed. Occasionally, glowworms, kicked up by the horses' hooves, lit the path...
...wage boost and price rise in steel in February 1946 took the last brakes off the postwar spiral of inflation. Last week, out of a clear sky with an apparently unlimited ceiling, U.S. Steel flatly rejected another round of wage demands-the third since 1946-and proclaimed instead a price cut (see BUSINESS...
...does he make his pictures look so real? Placing his fingertips gently together, Leigh tried to explain the vanishing art: "You start with a detailed charcoal drawing and then paint over that-the most distant thing first. If there are no clouds, the sky may take no more than a day. The distant figures may be done in a week. It gets more difficult as you approach the foreground-a large canvas may take four to six months altogether- but the most economical way is to finish as you go. At least that's what / was taught...
...rains came too late. Under a lowering sky, the tennis team went down to its first league defeat yesterday against Cornell, 7 to 2. The Cayugans took all six singles matches and the first doubles match to stop cold the Crimson's five game winning streak...