Word: wall
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Until he and his party crossed the border, a thick, unseasonable wall of cloud covered the eastern Himalayas, hampering pursuit. The next morning, in an abrupt change, which the normally cool-headed London Times suggested might be due to the mystic powers of Tibet's lamas, the clouds dramatically lifted...
...friendly Jordan, then beset by fear of revolt within its own borders. Following Kassem's plan, Aref's men instead rolled into Baghdad at 4:30 a.m., seized the radio station, pulled all switches at the telephone exchange, and, lobbing a mortar shell through a back wall of the royal palace, mowed down the King and members of the royal household as they stumbled in confusion out the front door. Premier Nuri asSaid, cunning veteran of two generations of Arab politics and unflinching friend of the West escaped from his house disguised as a woman-only...
...actually buy paintings, and Fine Arts 13 is crowded. While the culture boom has been conspicious in the field of the "fine arts" one need not be a sociologist with a Ph.D. or even a reader of the New Yorker to be aware that the popularity and prestige of wall to wall hi-fi sets, automobiles that will fit through your front door, and modern houses without doors lies in their association in the public mind with "modern" comfort and culture. If art appreciation no longer constitutes the badge of the avant-garde nor is limited to the culture containers...
Opposed to recognizing Red China or admitting her to the U.N., William Henry Chamberlin, correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, insisted that such actions would violate principles of the U.N.Charter. He admitted the possibility of a rift between China and Russia, but claimed that only a "firm policy" would help create such a rift...
...afternoon he stuffed the cotton curtain between the wall and a smoke pipe that ran through the classroom. Early the next morning the chilly instructor lit a fire in the stove and in a few minutes found the curtain in flames. A student on his way to prayers at Appleton Chapel noticed the smoke, and University Hall was saved from serious damage. But the teacher, admired by Faculty and students, insisted that Jesuits had been pursuing him for a long time and had now resorted to means harmful to the property of the University. The deluded gentleman submitted his resignation...