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At week's end the report had not been confirmed, but in any case, Ukraine rains had been torrential for almost a month, and detailed descriptions poured through Europe's gossip centers of "an avalanche of unstemmed water, floating wreckage and drowned men, trees, livestock, and houses down...
Mrs. P. G. Wodehouse took a train (and 19 trunks) to Berlin from France, saw her husband for the first time in a year (see p. 55).
Trees gnarled by accident most often bend from their bases. But genuine Indian markers show "acute or right-angled bend in their main trunks, usually from two to five feet above their bases. Rising vertically from the bent trunks are one or more . . . secondary trunks" (see cut).
From 100 to 300 years ago, Indians twisted the saplings by lashing their tops down with rawhide or vines, weighting them with rocks or soil, or pegging them down with stakes. From about 200 feet to a half-mile apart, their trunks paralleled a trail's direction. Rows of...
Its most successful maneuver so far was a full page shot on page 67 of the May 19 issue of Life- a profile of K.T. in black satin trunks and white satin blouse on a California beach, her honey-blonde tresses flowing in the breeze, gazing demurely at the cameraman...