Word: tree
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Guinea are harassed at every turn. Some have been jailed for failing to stand up in theaters when Guinea's national anthem was played; one drew three months ("willful deterioration of Guinea's national heritage") for practicing with a revolver against the trunk of a mango tree. Airline officials have laid on 25 extra flights in the next few weeks to take care of Frenchmen and their families headed for home...
...wanted an American he could be nice to, Cleveland Industrialist Cyrus Eaton, 76, recently awarded a Lenin Peace Prize, flew to Paris with his invalid wife, but got there only as K. was about to depart at Orly Airport. Eaton told K. the story of George Washington, the cherry tree and telling no lies. Later, Eaton was asked if he regarded Dwight Eisenhower as a liar in the spy plane ruckus. "No," replied Canadian-born Millionaire Eaton, "but we pulled some serious fibs. We need to return to the principles of George Washington." His helpful history lesson earned Eaton...
...peace-of-mind drug were highly disturbing. A woman remembered that she had left a light burning at home, turned around quickly, became dizzy and fell, breaking her thigh. A man got into his car, sent it roaring into reverse without bothering to look back, and plowed into a tree at 15 m.p.h. A mild little woman ruined her accident-free driving record in a downtown wreck and reacted angrily in traffic court...
...patterns of nature seep through African society. The force of the volcano imbues the man who smokes a pipe. The passion of the wooing crane inflames the maid who imitates its mating dance. The example of the hornbill, a bird that jealously mud-walls its mate in a tree for as long as three months at a stretch, is incorporated in the marriage laws of the jungle tribes...
...sort who sprouts baseball's legends. Groundkeepers swear that they have tape-measured his mighty wallops at up to 600 ft. Of his speed afoot, it has been hazarded that if a race were to be run between him and an oak tree, the smart money would ride on the oak. Sportswriters fondly recall his beer-drinking exploits, like the time he hopped off a Cincinnati Reds bus during a brief stop to buy a case of cold brew, downed two bottles while getting his change. Former teammates remember being unable to get into his hotel room because...