Word: among
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bandits' leader had cased the job well: he demanded two of the suitcases in the car and the Begum's jewel case. In them was jewelry worth between $600,000 and $800,000 (insured with Lloyds of London) ; among the 40-odd pieces were a $125,000, 25-carat diamond and a $190,000 bracelet...
From Quito, President Galo Plaza Lasso flew to Ambato. He set up headquarters in the central square and for two days, without sleep or a change of clothing, directed rescue and relief work. Around him the homeless squatted among their salvaged blankets and cooking pots, and in nearly every group candles flickered before the picture of a saint...
...Among them: Mervyn LeRoy, David Loew, Donald Douglas, Henry R. Luce, Leonard Firestone, John Hay ("Jock") Whitney, Walter Brunmark...
...true niece of Bertie McCormick, Bazy could not resist a pat on the back for the Midwest as "the heart and soul and stability of the country" and the back of her hand for Washington, which she called "a parasite community." But she thought it her duty to settle among the parasites. As Bertie said: he and Bazy owed it to the U.S.-at a time when "the Administration and the State Department are disloyal"-to present "the American point of view in Washington...
Dissolved by this Communist ukase were about 15 Catholic charitable organizations, among them the internationally known nursing sisters of St. Vincent de Paul. The 1,400 nuns and 100 monks affected were given 15 days to make up their minds whether to 1) retire to one of three cloisters and two monasteries set aside by the government for the purpose; 2) enter homes for the aged; 3) quit clerical life altogether and register for jobs at state employment bureaus...