Word: regions
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...solid Republican, Dillon wrote foreign-policy speeches for Dewey in 1948, was an early bird for Ike in 1951. After the 1952 campaign, he was rewarded with the ambassadorship to Paris. No post could have made Dillon happier. His family owned one of the finest vineyards in the Bordeaux region, Château Haut-Brion, and his cousin, a resident of France who served his adopted country with distinction during the Occupation, was possibly the only native of the U.S. ever elected mayor of a French village. Though Dillon spoke fluent French, he took an hour's instruction daily...
Goodbye to a River, by John Graves. The Brazos River in Texas was to be ruined by power dams, and the author, who writes well of the region's wildlife and wild living, tells of a three-week solo canoe trip he made as a farewell gesture...
Admission to the College, according to Glimp, depends to a large degree upon "subjective evidence." Harvard uses a greater number of measurements--College Board scores, geographical region, father's employment, teachers' recommendations, etc.--than do other colleges; the extensive evidence causes delays in making final decisions...
Under Sohn's proposal there would be no danger of either nation cheating, he explained, since the other might select one of the too-well-stocked regions for disarmament. There would be provisions to insure that arms could not be shifted from one region to another after the initial divisions had been made...
Goodbye to a River, by John Graves. The Brazos River in Texas was to be ruined by power dams, and the author, who writes well of the region's wildlife and wild living, tells of a three-week solo canoe trip he made as a farewell gesture. Summoned by Bells, by John Betjeman. In a charming autobiography in verse, the author tells of a boyhood and young manhood that were unremarkable except for the pain, joy and insight that go with being a poet...