Word: wind
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Until his recent emergence as a public figure, Sanjay Gandhi was best known to Indians as the designer and builder of a mini-auto called the Maruti, named for the son of the Hindu god of wind. In the past, opposition politicians have charged that Sanjay got preferential treatment in getting a license to manufacture the car, which is now in limited production (cost: $2,800) after eight troubled years of development...
...song called Someone in a Tree does palpable emotion linger. The final impression is that the show belongs to the flagellant school of contemporary American selfcriticism. Whether he means to or not, Prince seems to be arguing that the U.S. opened up Japan by force, sowing the wind of brutalizing social change and thus reaping the whirlwind of Pearl Harbor and global commercial competition...
...alternatives. One Philadelphia banker adds that even an established local manufacturer with a record of perhaps ten years of profitable operation may have difficulty in borrowing. If such a manufacturer seeks a loan to expand, says the banker, "we will want to make sure he won't wind up with excess capacity...
Part of this remarkable endurance stems from a refusal to treat the short story as a wind sprint. Instead, O'Faolain saunters like a troubadour, chatting with artful casualness about the scenery and weather, the dwellings and garb of his people. Yet he is more than a local colorist. His art disguises artifice. He knows exactly how much to explain and when to remain silent. "Who was it," one of his characters wonders, "said the last missing bit of every...
Edward S. Terrell, a part-time library employee who was working at the check-out desk when the alarm sounded, said that smoke-detectors probably activated the alarm after catching wind of cigarette smoke somewhere on the fourth floor...