Word: sup
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...English playwriting: the engines are reversed, the sentimental faucets turned full on. Writers, too, have need of others, of the comforting arms of the public; but the artist's independence of stance, his solitary, separate-table vision, is his one source of lasting power. For him not to sup alone is almost certainly to sup with the Devil...
...They are hungry]." They were so hungry that they were willing to sup with the devil...
...will attempt to make a major issue of falling income on the farm, but Republicans hope to steal the ball by coming forward with a pro gram to put more money in the farmers' pockets. The chances are against a return to high (90% of parity), rigid price sup ports as a general policy; the chances are excellent for the establishment of a soil-bank plan, under which farmers would get cash benefits for switching land from surplus to soil-building crops...
Egypt's Strongman Gamal Abdel Nasser last week defended his purchase of arms from the Communists, denied that he intends to start a war with Israel, and behaved like a man convinced that his spoon is long enough to sup with the devil...
Between the gods and the faithful who worship at the 100 Jain* temples of Ahmedabad in western India stand 600-odd priests. Theirs is a hard and holy life; they say ritual prayers, guard temple treasures, abstain from smoking and drinking, sup before sundown (for lamps lure moths to destruction), and wear white cloth pads over their noses and mouths (lest their breathing destroy gnats or germs). Their wages never exceed $5 a month...