Word: tree
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From the deck they could see the elegant carrier Wasp, 14,700 tons of striking power, at the root of a great tree of smoke. She sat there, awkward in profile, still a dowager among ships, but dedicated now to fire, not to aviation...
...second week in a row, the New England Repertory Players have chosen a potentially entertaining vehicle and then failed to give it the performance it deserves. Paul Osborn's "The Vinegar Tree" has all the characteristics of delightful farce: sparkling dialogue, timely action, and an appealing story. Except for an unnecessarily tricky final curtain, the play itself can easily be cast and directed to complete success...
...Vinegar Tree" has turned out sour on its opening night. The shortcomings, however, are easily correctable with little effort. Shifting a spotlight six inches to one side, a rearrangement of properties and one or two simple cast shakeups can save a clever comedy. With those few alterations, Joy Street's second presentation of the year will be well worth attending...
Missionary E. P. Ashcraft wrote from Chengchow in September: "At the mission a few days ago six children were tied to a tree by their parents so they would not follow them as they went in search of food. One mother with a baby and two older children, tired from the long search for food, sat down to rest under the tree. She sent the two older children to the village ahead to beg a little food. When they returned the mother had died of starvation and the baby was still trying to nurse at her breast. These are just...
...methods for outwitting these isolationists. Cuckooists recognize a First, Second and Third Method. In the First Method the cuckoo simply squats down and lays her egg. The Second Method is somewhat more complicated, comes into play when the cuckoo is momentarily baffled by a nest built in a hollow tree or other enclosed space with an aperture too small for her to enter. In this case the cuckoo just hangs at the entrance of the hole (by clinging to the edge of the nest, a twig, or bark of the tree) and lets...