Word: woods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Wetering sailed for Japan by freighter in the summer of 1958. He was 27, and a misfit in the bustling Dutch society. He had read a few books on Buddhism, and, he writes, he wanted to find a door he could knock on: "a real door, made of wood, with a live man behind it who would say some thing I could hear." Japan, he knew, had living masters who would accept disciples. So did India and Ceylon, but he had heard stories of young Westerners who wandered aimlessly about in these places, eventually dying of dysentery. In Japan...
...fourth period it was all over for the vanquished Tech squad. Jeannie Guyton and Maude Wood kept the Tech offense in checkmate, while Williams scored at will. It took the Cliffe almost the entire third period to tighten its offensive game, but by the last period, everything was clicking...
...course, our eyes are prepared for it by modern art. The Flag Gate, found in Jefferson County, N.Y., with its wavy battens of red-painted wood delicately mimicking the ripple of fabric stripes in a breeze, inevitably suggests Jasper Johns' flag paintings, but that is only an accident. Likewise, a deliciously anthropomorphic wool winder (see cut), with a human head and the hub of a decorated worm gear for its belly button, predicts the surreal wooden constructions of H.C. Westermann. And then there are the quilts. The best products of America's 19th century women quilt makers anticipate...
...most famous instance in which he was inadvertently involved, occurred when James was standing around in a south Florida wood when several 50 pound bales of Jamaican fell from...
Dylan's skill and judgment were spectacular. His set on acoustic guitar was disappointingly short, but he paced the concert perfectly. In a fairly smoothed-out version of his old-style folk-blues voice, Dylan sang forcefully, sometimes threateningly. He must have spent some of his time in Wood stock practicing harmonica, because his accompaniment to "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" showed more skill on the mouth harp than anything he has ever recorded. Even Dylan's single piano solo was dramatic: "Ballad of a Thin Man" was one of the evening's most striking per formances...