Word: woman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thump of collapsing bridges, China's peasants worked their land in immemorial rhythm. Across fields heavy with the smell of dung, water buffalo pulled ancient wooden plows. Civil war had hardly touched this part of China before. "We are a peace-loving, obedient people," said one old woman. "We are not rich. We want only to do our work. Will the Communists hurt...
...into spasms of purple prose, drew support from home in her pleas for privacy. Said the London Times: "It would be a fair concession ... if a closed season were now agreed upon; and the Princess will return better for her holiday if she can be treated as a young woman quietly enjoying her first sight of an ancient land, and not as a peep show." Cracked the London News Chronicle: "Perhaps she is enjoying...
...problem. "The Sultan of Morocco told [her] that she was for him the most striking proof of God's existence," said the Rev. A. J. Long, 29-year-old bachelor pastor of Britain's Southwark Unitarian Church. "Why not?" mused Pastor Long. "The beauty of woman is a revelation...
Anna Magnani is a very stunning woman and has a way of making her fellow actors pale beside her. The few exciting moments near the end of "Revenge" in which Signorina Magnani is allowed to open all valves are the only worthwhile ones in the film...
Many phenomena were hoaxes by practical jokers. A woman in Seattle reported excitedly that a flaming disc had landed on her roof. When examined by federal agents and Navy bomb experts, it turned out to be a 28-in. disc of plywood with two radio tubes and a quart oilcan mounted on pieces of plastic. Painted on the wood were a hammer & sickle and the letters, U.S.S.R. Another "flaming saucer" that spun down from overhead gave Shreveport, La. a good scare, turned out to be a joke by a local prankster who wanted to frighten his boss...