Word: walnuts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that saga goes back to 1793, when a debonair Frenchman named Jean Pierre Blanchard ascended from the yard of Philadelphia's Walnut Street prison in a balloon, accompanied by a small, whimpering dog. While President George Washington and hundreds of Philadelphians craned their necks in amazement, Blanchard panicked a squadron of pigeons and drifted nonchalantly out of sight. After 46 minutes in the air, he plopped down in a woodland 15 miles away and placated the scared natives with wine...
Leaning across a broad burled walnut table in Detroit's cavernous General Motors Building last week, a pair of short, stocky men shook hands like anxious boxers in response to shouted directions from a battery of photographers. With this ritual over, talks began between United Auto Workers' President Walter Reuther and G.M. Vice President Louis Seaton...
...best, sometimes at his worst when the competition is close. It will be closer than ever at both the N.C.A.A. and the A.A.U. meets. Southern California's Bob Avant became the eighth 7 ft. high jumper on record in the Mt. San Antonio Relays last April in Walnut, Calif., when he scraped over the bar at an even 7 ft. Thomas, whose best jump this season is 7 ft. 2 in., was pressed hard by Avant at the Compton (Calif.) Invitational fort night ago, won at 6 ft. 10 in. only because he missed fewer times...
Produced in Greek walnut, bronze and leather, Gibbings' collection of 19 pieces, almost totally handcrafted, costs a Pyrrhic $10,000, but Gibbings hopes to mass-produce a complete line in Greece for the more modest buyer. "People are now ready to accept the classical environment in their homes," says Gibbings. "We need to return to the ancient Greek practice of perfecting existing things and not trying to forget them by producing shinier new ones...
...armed forces, head of the police, Minister of Defense and Broadcasting, and Kuwait's unchallenged strongman. Mubarak already owns a Cadillac with brightware completely goldplated, but to celebrate Saud's coming he ordered another 69 Chevrolets, seven Oldsmobiles and seven more Cadillacs. Triumphal arches of solid walnut, festoons of colored lights, flags and bunting were imported to decorate the route from Kuwait airport to the ruler's Dasman Palace. Cost...