Word: waxing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Korea had some trouble being admitted to the cemetery for veterans in Phoenix, Arizona, because he was a Negro; Maxim Litvinov, old Russian diplomat and symbol of Soviet cooperation with the West before and during World War II, died in Moscow while the Russian government did not exactly wax lyrical over his accomplishments; Governor Talmadge of Georgia complained about Negro and white entertainers appearing together on television; Boston's Mayor Hines cracked down on certain night spots for lewdness, condemning female impersonators and ordering burlesque performers to exercise more discretion; five hundred criminals were rounded up in a nation-wide...
...financial problem, H.A.A. support comes to $300 annually--enough to buy ski wax, and to cover breakages--so skiing is lent the distinction of being the most expensive sport for enthusiasts in the College. For example, Houser calculates that a "four event man," or competitor who can handle downhill jumping, slalom, and cross country, will have to pay up to $420 maximum for his complete equipment of skis, boots, bindings, and clothing...
Arrive in front of Jordan Marsh at 3:32 p.m. Many people watching wax Santa Claus-trying to paint "Santa's workshop" sign in window. Loudspeaker tells me I'd "better watch out." Man grabs me by the arm. "He' ya, Mister. This li'I doll'll dance for you just like she's dancing for me. Only a quawta...
...bigger and shinier foreign cars, extravagant nightclubs and pleasure palaces. The sight of an oxcart stopped beside a Cadillac or a Jaguar is no novelty in downtown Tokyo. In this spendthrift, neon-lighted economic chaos, gangsters, blackmarketeers and slick operators-U.S., Chinese and Korean as well as Japanese-wax fat and prosperous. More & more worried Japanese are aware that the imperial city is in danger of becoming another Shanghai...
Since his freshman year he has been a mainstay of the Crimson skiers in both the five to nine mile cross-country races and the jumping events. In cross-country skiing, Hart explains, "there are three factors--wax, technique, and determination. I don't have much technique, and anyone can buy wax." Hart has lost few races to other Harvard skiiers in the past few years, and in his sophomore year won the Amberst Winter Carnival event...