Word: acted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Riot Act. In Brighton, Mass., a wag advertised 15 apartments for rent, in the Brighton Citizen, gave the police-station phone number...
...last act in the drama of the war crimes trial that had begun ten months before. It moved swiftly. Göring took off his headphones, turned swiftly about, was ushered to the elevator outside. On the way he passed Joachim von Ribbentrop...
...Act of Oblivion. "There must be what Mr. Gladstone called a blessed act of oblivion. We must all turn our backs upon the horrors of the past. We must look to the future. We cannot afford to drag forward across the years that are to come the hatreds and revenges which have sprung from the injuries of the past...
...businessman in Glasgow. Until last week her career has been much like that of most other young actresses. As a little girl she always hogged the starring roles in re-enactments of movies; as a teen-ager she met stern opposition from her parents when she wanted to play-act for keeps. Her tribulations as a typist were anesthetized by amateur theatricals; as soon as she saved a little money she fled to London for "the most terrifying six months of my life"-25 shillings a week and job-hunting through the blitz...
...Mary, thus deprived of a son, demands that Jesus give her her due by restoring Lazarus to life; and Jesus, recognizing his defeat, consents to do so by pronouncing the holy name of God, though he knows that for this act he must give his own life in exchange...