Word: windedly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...point, as if stimulated by all the excitement she was causing, the queen seemed to rally. But then, one morning, as a chill wind blew, the men began to wail, the women shed their jewelry, and throughout the encampment the gypsies sipped a scalding special brew out of silver-plated cups. They dressed the queen in her best flowered skirt, put shiny new shoes on her feet, ringed her wrists and fingers with gold. Only a few minutes before, having received the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church, Queen Mimi had whispered, "Forgive whoever does wrong," and then closed...
...went up to the 17th tee on the final afternoon tied for the lead, matching stroke for stroke with the coolest customer on the course: Canada's balding tournament traveler, Stan Leonard. 42. Then Casper made his only mistake-and it was fatal. He misjudged the wind, chose a two-iron instead of a driver and saw his ball splash short in a water hazard. He shot a double-bogey six. Leonard chipped steadily away at par. When he finished the round, Leonard had a total of 275, lowest in tournament history. Casper had 276. That one stroke difference...
...this picaresque libretto, Composer Kurka composed an astringent score for brasses, wind instruments and percussion only, omitting the strings. Strongly rhythmic, shot through with jazz influences, it occasionally offered a wry commentary on the action, provided at least two moments of moving lyricism: Schweik's apostrophe on war ("Who will go to the war when it comes?") and the Chorus of Wounded Soldiers ("Wait for the ragged soldiers") in the final scene. But overall, the music was too fragmented to be effective, or to redeem the curiously Panglossed-over view that marred the libretto : the apparent belief that Schweik...
Hengyang, Kweilin, Tushan, Liuchow-the names fall like a dirge on the South China wind. The time is 1944, and the stench of burning Chinese towns masks the peaceful summer scent of oranges, persimmons and rice fields. With the Japanese armies at their heels, U.S. demolition teams mine the strategic airstrips with 1,000-lb. bombs gouging the good earth as they retreat. The irony is that they outrun the enemy but are runners-up to history...
Racing under the fast conditions of flat water and an eight-mile tail wind, the varsity sped over the mile and three-quarters Lake Carnegie course in 8:40.6. The previous record of 8:41.4 was set by Cornell...