Word: tilling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rousing artistic success but a failure at the box office. Since then Impresario Kelly's operatic transplant has taken firm root in Texas soil: last week the Dallas company rounded out its second season with a chorus of critical bravos and with money pouring into the till...
...imprecations as he advanced. Far south in the Caucasus he rumbled darkly of the wholesale overhaul he plans for the Soviet school system, warned all parents that his project of sending all teen-agers out for two years' work before finishing their schooling cannot be put off till their "dear little Sashenkas and Mashenkas have first got safely through...
With the dreams out of the way, Ronnie Clark can get on with his rescue mission. Question, not answered till the final pages: Will he arrive in time? As always, Shute writes in plain, unadorned prose, packs his book with pluck and poignancy, and handles his flashbacks as easily as he would a basic trainer...
When the steely yellow sun sets over the Yard on a late November afternoon, janitors set the radiators to their winter-long knocking and windows slam down tight till spring comes again. Inside their dusty rooms, freshmen dig into whatever they dig into, possibly books, and during the cold nights they dream of silken nymphs on friendly faraway isles...
...lifetime. It has single taillights, parking lights in the front bumper. Ford will recommend regular instead of premium gas (saving: up to $1 a tankful). Beamed Sales Manager Marvin Cahn of Manhattan's Ralph Morgan Motors: "The new Fords won't be displayed till Oct. 17, but we have firm orders for 400-double last year...