Word: tempts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Iowa, this summer is an extraordinary clarifier. Down the line of porches the past echoes. There is a rhubarb patch-survivor of a century of drought, blizzard and small boys-that still yields its tender shoots for pies, a singular delicacy, which, when done right, is a dish to tempt a Paul Bocuse. A hand pump still stands proudly on a cistern. The rope hammock strung between the phi oak and the sugar maple is ragged but enduring, curving invitingly in the dusk. Hollyhocks fringe the small barn with the hayloft and the split door. The barn had been built...
...They should be maintained in peak condition and kept clean, since dirty cars tend to attract attention. "An automatic car wash takes five minutes," notes the handbook. At night, it cautions, drivers should remove old newspapers and debris as well as radios, tape decks or anything else that could tempt car thieves. In the event of an accident, if minor, the handbook advises Brigades members to "assume responsibility and even pay the costs." If the accident is serious, the driver should "collect all car papers and any compromising material, and escape to safety as quickly as possible before police arrive...
...increase. At its regular sale to selected buyers, De Beers posted a 40% price surcharge. One motive was to cut diamond-producing countries in on the profits that speculators have been reaping. De Beers also hoped to stop the hoarding; at the new level, speculators might find prices that tempt them enough to sell some of their stashed-away stones to cutters who need gems. And if supplies reaching retailers increase, prices to the end buyer of diamond rings just might hold steady...
...legend has a mother feeding the weaning morsel to such an infant with the tip of his father's sword: no better means to teach the proper ways of life and death. To Daley, politics was unremitting combat. Once attained, power could not be shared because sharing would tempt others to become chieftains...
...sports Playland, an amusement park famous county-wide, but in spring all anyone can do is stare at the deserted rides. There are two bars in town, but I have grown weary of watching the local football players and their fawning cheerleaders. Visiting the old high school doesn't tempt me either. Most of the teachers I Knew are gone, and all the people are too young. Only the speckled floors, bisected by a strip of silver, are the same. The lunchroom now has round tables on which ice cream sandwich wrappers are still smeared...