Word: spectaculars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hawaii of 1952 is a string of volcanic islands in mid-Pacific where half a million U.S. citizens are living the most spectacular story of all the incredible stories of Americanization. In the decade since the Jap attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaiians have faced a half-century's accumulated problems of transition: the breakdown of economic monopoly, the rise of aggressive labor unionism, the threat of Communist control, the restlessness of homecoming veterans, and the rights, problems and adjustments of linguistic and racial minorities. For each problem they have found, if not the answer, at least a piece...
...tradition of former Smokers the entertainment will not be spectacular. It may be unbearable. As in years gone by, freshmen may well leave Mem Hall wondering why there has to be a Smoker. What's the point...
Morrison did not think that the whale's capture was in any way spectacular...
Gehrmann obliged the press with a quick counterblow: he runs, he said, to win, and "not to set any spectacular times or to break records ... As for my ... staying back most of the way, I believe the crowd enjoys seeing a sprint finish..." Then Don added pointedly: "Any time Fred wants to jump back into the two miles, where he belongs, that's O.K. with...
Like the nine other hopheads in the roundup, Peggy agreed to let Dr. Hogness go to work. For the first three days of the seven-day course he gave the ACTH intravenously, then switched to muscle injections. Peggy's response was spectacular. Though profuse sweating, cramps, headaches, diarrhea and vomiting usually occur during withdrawal, Peggy suffered from none of these. Her baby was born and showed no sign of addiction...