Word: springing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spring day Koreans, who believe in dressing up to vote, went to the polls 8,500,000 strong, the men in baggy white pantaloons and high black horsehair hats, the women in gay skirts and blouses. Minor rural attempts at voter intimidation were reported, but the freedom of the franchise was registered when the opposition Democrats took 14 out of 16 seats in Seoul, and it was clear that a two-party system was beginning to take hold...
What did the kids (average age: 23) have? Most obviously, boundless energy, meshed-gear precision, dramatic flair, sheer physical virtuosity. In superbly mounted national folk dances and "popular ballets" (original works on contemporary Russian themes), the men soared above the stage in spring-legged leaps that seemed to pin them in the air as if frozen by a strobe light, whipped their bodies into angles few Western dancers would even attempt. In Polyanka (The Meadow), files of dancers snaked across the stage in a sinuous blur of speed, hurled past one another in a complex tracery. Partisans had the black...
Said Minister Joseph Barth in announcing the new plan from the pulpit: "The church no longer dominates our Sunday activity or lack of it. Sunday is becoming the church's chief contribution to the long weekend. Why not, then, this spring, as not too radical a solution, extend Sunday morning worship opportunity into the week? Free the conscience of individuals for enjoyment of the long weekend by repeating the Sunday service and sermon the following Thursday night. In the spirit of Jesus, we might say: the sabbath was made for man-especially in New England in the springtime...
...only too evident on the sales graphs. Last week's reports showed a slight upturn in the last ten days of April. But for the first four months of the year, the industry is down a crushing 33%-and there are few signs of the traditional spring upsurge. Across the nation, automen frantically poured on the oldfashioned, hand-pumping hard sell, hurled themselves into door-to-door sales drives and marathon "cold turkey'' telephone campaigns. Chicago salesmen sported handkerchiefs hopefully-but falsely -embroidered "Business Is Good." In St. Louis, Milwaukee, Dallas, Atlanta. "You Auto Buy Now" campaigns...
...combination of spring fever and dissatisfaction with House assignments precipitated a minor riot in the Yard last night. Although no injuries were reported, many of the participants lost their bursar's cards, and at least one proctor hinted at further disciplinary action...