Word: leafed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pain in the neck. The producers claimed that their shows were not ready for reviewers' eyes at previews, and the critics made unseemly comments to the effect that any fellow who couldn't dash off a sharp review in an hour ought to go paint gold-leaf letters in some monastery. The Dramatists Guild complained, the League of New York Theaters complained, and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers complained...
There has not been an empty seat at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens for 20 years, and the Boston Bruins, who have finished last in the National Hockey League for five straight years, regularly outdraw the Boston Celtics, who have won seven straight National Basketball Association championships. So the N.H.L. decided last week to expand from six to twelve teams, granting new franchises to Los Angeles, St. Louis, San Francisco-Oakland, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh...
...light of a single fluttering candle, a tall solemn priest sits bowed above a resplendent manuscript in his solitary scriptorium. On the table before him lie vials of red and blue and purple inks, pots of honey-colored glue, sheets of gold leaf, and reams of creamy antique vellum glowing golden in the candlelight. Only the scratching of a quill interrupts the rich religious silence as the priest pursues his labor of love...
...Operation Taro Leaf, which fell to the 25th, a search-and-clear maneuver in Hau Nghia province about 20 miles northwest of Saigon...
...youth whose father makes him tend the lawn, Wards offers an electric leaf sweeper at $87.95. Sears, which has half the total catalogue market, has an 80-page section in its new catalogue on recreational equipment, including golf carts, scuba gear, and a 17-ft. cabin cruiser...