Word: aback
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Prosecutor" White was taken aback when Teacher Scopes, returning in a daze from a visit with his counsel in Manhattan (TiME, June 22), asked that his post in the Rhea County High School be given him again next fall. Teacher Scopes entered into the spirit of the trial sufficiently to let Sheriff R. B. Harris formally serve his indictment in front of the drug store where the conversation that led to the test suit was held. Press cameras clicked and "Prosecutor" White & Co. were busier than ever sending out the results...
...same. For M. Daeschner had carefully penned his remarks in advance and sent them to the White House for the President's approval. Whereupon the President, with equally calculating eloquence, penned his reply and sent it to the Ambassador, so that neither of them might be taken aback by the other's expressions...
...same. For M. Daeschner had carefully penned his remarks in advance and sent them to the White House for the President's approval. Whereupon the President, with equally calculating eloquence, penned his reply and sent it to the Ambassador, so that neither of them might be taken aback by the other's expressions...
...Baron was again seen. Arriving just after the first race, he took up a position close to the last jump of the Steeplechase Course. "Hey," yelled a bobby. "Hey, you there! Get out of that! Get back out of that! You can't go there!" The Baron was taken aback, asked Joseph E. Widener: "Must I get out?" "I think they'll let you stay here," Mr. Widener returned. The policeman was informed of the stranger's identity and withdrew, muttering apologies...