Word: sun
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BLUE: A-say! A say, powerdong and efficacious Leader! Oh, as the common lilac brents in hanged aslaver, enfundus of the wapping sun, so do I gronch and toad beneath the glasp of your so blastred wanked eye, a loosome maggot nannyberry, poosant Dux, my muskled Congressman! I base, I base, and cronk the knee in volitude...
Vidalia (pop. 12,500) is in a land of griddle-flat fields frying in the sun, above which flit innumerable gnats. Newcomers reveal their newness by slapping at the gnats. Natives just shrug and blow them away. It is a region in which people, upon taking leave of one another, say either "Better come go with us" or "Stay with us"-no matter whether the plural applies. The stranger who says "O.K." to either proposition is regarded...
...save Britain. Despite increases of 10% or more for air and train fares, hotel, meals, gasoline and other tourist essentials, Americans, taking advantage of the favorable exchange rate, are spending more time and money in Italy than ever before. For returning visitors bent on escaping the usual roster of sun, sea, pasta and churches, cultural organizations like Alcatraz (no connection with the San Francisco penitentiary) offer courses in such offbeat subjects as ceramics and theater furniture making. Cooking courses abound, notably New York-based Marcella Kazan's in Bologna...
...Chicago's 3,005,072. Not imperiled is Chicago's enduring sense of superiority over Los Angeles. Asserts Joseph Harmon, president of Chicago's convention and tourism bureau: "The bottom line is people know they can come here and still make a buck." Sniffed Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Mike Royko: "So, a buffalo chip is bigger than a diamond." But at least one Chicagoan has already adapted to reality. Three years ago Tricia Fox opened the Second City Day School. Now she has seven and calls them the Fox Day Schools. "I didn't want...
Halfway through a routine nine-day crossing of the Atlantic, below a scalding sun on a lazy late afternoon, a deck hand aboard the Venezuelan cargo ship Maracaibo suddenly spotted a ship drifting aimlessly in the hazy distance. Captain Humberto León Dorante steamed toward the mysterious vessel and tried to establish radio contact with it. When he received no response, he slowly circled the ship three times to look for signs of life or danger. Then he dispatched an armed three-man expedition to board it. Shortly thereafter, León radioed Venezuelan navigation headquarters with his findings...