Word: setting
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Mulling the problem last week, Vicar White expounded: "The family has a problem, and it would be unfair to take it too lightly. It might be possible to give the house a blessing or even resort to exorcism. There is a set procedure for the church in matters of this kind-you could call it bell, book and candle-though the most important contribution would be prayer. I may be able to help them." Until he does, the Leeks may become the only family in Christendom who cannot get enough of TV westerns. Their ghost subsides while noisy shoot...
Although some San Franciscans are so set in their ways that they still play dominoes, San Francisco claims to have nurtured more contemporary trends than any other U.S. city. The Bach-toned jazz of Dave Brubeck first took flight there about a decade ago. The mordant political satire of Comedian Mort Sahl found its first audience 6½ years ago at San Francisco's hungry i. And the beats were nowhere until they settled down in San Francisco pads...
...Lower East Side when they are not mugging for the cameras, are particularly proud of 18year-old Richard Velez, who got to Hollywood with Sally's help, made $2,100 in six weeks, came home with a contract, and rejoined the ranks on the West Side Story set wearing a Sunset Strip sports jacket, slacks (the boys call them "vines") and wrap-around sunglasses ("shades...
...stayed there several years, then set out to try her skill at hatmaking, opened a shop in Deauville. Her hats sold so well that in 1914 she moved on to Paris. Before long, her customers clamored for "little, dresses" to go with Coco's hats...
...Empress of Britain had to cancel their voyages, stranding 3,000 passengers-mostly U.S. tourists. In all, 80 British and Commonwealth ships had to cancel out, and ferry service across the Channel was halted. Three British ships were tied up in the Great Lakes. Cunard and Canadian Pacific set up emergency airlifts to shuttle the stranded passengers to the U.S. and Canada...