Word: writes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...annual meeting of our 191-member executive board, the secretary was authorized to write you on behalf of the entire membership, thanking you for the article...
...little more than two years ago, without a struggle of any kind, the British agreed to withdraw from the Sudan as soon as an independent provisional government could "Sudanize" the administration and write its own constitution. Last November, 57 years after Sandhurst-trained Winston Churchill charged into the Battle of Omdurman, the regimental band of the Roy al Leicestershires played God Save the Queen and the last British soldier left the Sudan...
...tests on 50 patients, the pneumatic arm enabled amputees to make up to a dozen different movements. They are able to eat and drink with normal utensils, grasp an object firmly or gently. Some can type, use keys, write with a pen. The new arm costs between $357 and $600, including the cost of a three-to four-week course in adjustment at the Heidelberg University Clinic. Chief disadvantage: depending on how often the limb is used, the supply of carbon dioxide has to be renewed every two days to two weeks...
...birth. His youth there was a time of violent action, set against the background of the bloody Irish up-risings of the first quarter of the 20th century. Most of his plays celebrate the events of that period and, in 1942, he once more returned vicariously to write a play about a Dublin strike that took place in 1913. But this play, Red Roses for Me, is less a drama than a ceremony of remembrance...
...actors, too, have their problems; for exhibits a tendency to write long and difficult speeches. Kevin McCarthy, in the role of the young worker, attacks his part with much energy and earnestness. His characterization is convincing, even his longest speeches sound unassuming and natural. But Eileen Crowe, as the young man's mother, surrenders to the temptation towards declamation and gives an unfortunately shallow performance. Joyce Sullivan, the girl, does not make the same mistake--she is entirely charming and at case...