Word: strains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...prosperous Wisconsin lumberman, he liked to draw pictures as a youngster, and wanted desperately to be a serious artist. The trouble was, says Osborn, that "I was quite fat, and I had to be funny all the time to cover up this fat business." The strain worried him into an ulcer at 14, but he eventually discovered how to use his humor...
...guardian angels sung the strain...
...time he can spare from his own farming, or to your aged parents. My father and mother are running my farm for me. Each time I go back, I can see they've got a little nearer the edge. They're going round the bend, under the strain of listening to every night noise, watching every black face. I bought them a radio." The farmer laughed derisively. "They don't dare to switch it on any longer! It might drown the other sort of noises they're always listening...
...white settlers are not cracking under the strain-yet-but they are playing it rough. After the massacre of the Ruck family, Kukes were rounded up in large numbers, marched to a barbed-wire camp for "screening," beaten and kicked (reliable witnesses say) en route, including women with babies strapped on their backs. The number of Kikuyu "shot trying to escape" has risen in remarkable fashion. One Kenya police reserve unit hauled in four Kikuyu men. The prisoners were taken away in a truck, but when the truck reached its destination, all four Kikuyu were dead. It was said that...
...leave well-playing positions for better paying jobs elsewhere. The physical demands upon the department manager or buyer together with constant mental strain are enough to soon force the unqualified out of retailing. It is no life for a person looking for the stability of routine work...