Word: easterlies
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...institution of Lent is nothing but a capitalist plot to glorify the starvation of the workers, Pravda told its readers last week. Citizens of the U.S.S.R. were urged to avoid the sinister practice of fasting for the 40 days before Easter-"especially damaging because it coincides with the time of spring sowing, and it decreases sharply the labor productivity of the collective farmers...
...when Dwight Eisenhower was an unknown Army major, served as president of the League of Nations when Richard Nixon was an undergraduate at Whittier College. Dev, who has been Prime Minister of his fledgling republic for a total of 19 years, is the only surviving commandant of the legendary Easter Rebellion of 1916. In those feverish days he was saved from execution only by British fears of U.S. reaction (Dev was born in New York...
...rest of this little picture, which despite a clumsy production is probably going to flood the Easter Bunny with zillions of requests for baby bulls, describes the fantastic things the boy does to save the life of his pet. Nevertheless, the moviemakers have seen to it that the picture comes to a bloody climax in one of the most thrillingly realistic bullfights -starring the famous Mexican matador, Fermin Rivera-ever seen in a commercial film. It's great stuff for the youngsters, but apt to be rough on people of more tender years...
...average American manager feels that there is a character known as the 'loyal employee,' and this is a fellow who is supposed to figure that joining the union is a fate worse than death. Well, this man is in the same category, in my opinion, as the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus. I've never found...
...against that deadline, swank stores prepared custom-made copies, to sell at $300 and up, from originals that may have cost them from $500 to $3,500; manufacturers on Seventh Avenue trimmed and compromised to produce a $39.50 version of a simple $600 day dress to be ready for Easter sales...