Word: sores
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wide. The force was so great that 100-ton concrete slabs, used to anchor bridges, were hurled downstream. An irrigation project that took two years and $7,000,000 to construct was washed away in six hours. As late as last week the Mediterranean was still an oozing ochre sore from the Gulf of Tunis to the Gulf of Bou Grara because of topsoil washed into the sea by the boiling rivers...
...reluctant to submit at first. One vacation I even shunned their offer and caught a train, but it was no use. Sooner or later all of us must go. Once the airlines showed me that travelling for just and hour felt better than the ordeal of bad air, sore knees, and a weary head. I was hooked, even if they did play Muzak in the odorless terminals. The romantic forms of travel are too disorienting. I told myself, save them for the summer...
Boston politics have become comically notorious throughout the nation for their predictability and their scandal. Among Bostonians, the issue is a sore one. Most citizens feel that neither the council nor the school committee does much of constructive value, but on election day, they solemnly re-elect the incumbents. As one South Boston resident puts it. "They've got the experience, haven't they...
Harvard has been fortunate this season with respect to injuries. The Crimson came through the Princeton game without any wounds, and it will need a healthy squad to withstand the aggressive Bruin style. Bill Meyers complained of a sore arm early in the week, but when asked whether his goalie would start. Munro exclaimed. "I should hope...
Last year in Texas, 44 paintings in the collection of Dallas Oilman Algur Hurtle Meadows turned out to be phonies. Most duped collectors are usually so sore in their pride that they say nothing or try to recoup quietly. Others, who have unwittingly donated forgeries to museums for big tax write-offs, discover that discretion is the better part of value. Not A. H. Meadows. After publicly calling himself "Mr. Sap," he pressed charges. Investigations led to the discovery of one of the most successful art swindles in modern history...