Word: trees
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Some 20 minutes later, they would emerge from behind the eastern edge of the moon and resume radio contact. At 7:30 a.m. and again at 9:31 p.m., they were scheduled to transmit live TV pictures of the lunar surface and of the earth, hanging like a Christmas-tree ornament far distant...
...stances only coarse hemp wrapped around a square of gumpoles - through the jungle and bush and across plains flooded by heavy rains. They arrived by donkey, on bicycles, in wooden-wheeled oxcarts and World War I jalopies, or came clutching the sides of slim leaky boats hewn from tree trunks...
...with, a roast goose to be eaten. Papa even allows himself an extra glass of his favorite Rhenish wine, which he calls a "noble gift of God." After the meal, he eases his thick frame down before a harpsichord in the parlor. Crowding about the creche and the candlelit tree, the party joins in singing a carol or one of Luther's mighty hymns. Then Papa-head thrown back, fingers marching over the keys in a steady, stately rhythm-begins to improvise, outlining a succession of daring harmonies, guiding the simple theme through a contrapuntal labyrinth of variations...
...haunted houses, Czechoslovaks are preparing for it eagerly this year. The Christ-child market, set up on a hill overlooking Prague, was teeming last week with shoppers who munched walnuts while wandering through the gift stalls. Near by, laughing children rode a carrousel set up under a towering Christmas tree. Housewives were already shopping for the traditional carp that will be kept alive in a tub until it is served up, garnished with an apple in its mouth, at the Christmas meal. In Prague, the theater season is in full swing, offering everything from My Fair Lady to Sartre...
When Dallas' Neiman-Marcus department store set out to pretty up for the holidays, somebody thought it would be fun to have Christmas trees decorated to the specifications of various celebrities. Television's Smothers Brothers' tree is a roost for 50 peace doves. Socialite-Artist Gloria Vanderbilt Cooper's tree is a collage of gingham swatches and lacy Christmas cards. Baroness Maria von Trapp directed her tree be festooned with homemade cookies-even sent the recipes along. But no one could hold a Christmas candle to Songstress Pearl Bailey who, when asked what she wanted...