Word: wayes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Deeper Knowledge. "In a moment of such alarm," said Leroux to his sergeant, "the experienced police officer allows himself the luxury of noticing more important things, which may deepen his knowledge of the country. For instance," and Leroux's arm swung this way & that, pointing, "the little men who are not the little husbands coming quickly from the little houses, and that blonde number from the bar hurrying from behind the hedge. But quick! We have practically not a moment to lose...
...With its new station, the Communist radio acquired new techniques: women announcers were replaced by men, musical interludes of native songs gave way to Chopin...
Green Pastures. Vargas led the way slowly into the house, sat down near the door. There was not a picture on the wall, nor a rug on the floor. Over the unpainted table, bare except for letters and newspapers lying on a small radio, hung a naked light bulb. In the adjoining room stood a metal bed, a lavender-colored wardrobe, a few nondescript wooden chairs. "My parents were farmers," Vargas began. "Now that I am an old man, it is good to be back in my childhood scenes...
...turned up in 1935 in west coast Sinaloa, the old parasite was no good. Since then U.S. scientists have found a new Malayan parasite, a wasp whose larvae will hatch inside the Mexican fly's larvae and devour them. This week a shipment of wasps was on its way to Mexico for the test...
...Canada that the Fathers of Confederation had planned would finally be rounded out this week. Neighboring Newfoundland, which had gone its insular, independent way since John Cabot discovered it in 1497, was joining up as a tenth province. In St. John's and in Ottawa, ceremonies would mark...