Word: amongst
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Snopeses live in the world of Yoknapatawpha County amongst the legends and the myths of the past. They are surrounded by stories of man's need to destroy himself and the present so as to have revenge upon and gain unity with the past. They have the ruined plantations lying barren around them, they have sterility, incest, and divided houses...
...theater. What was the name of that beautiful man who shot him?" "John Wilkes Booth." "Yes, I liked him very much!" Does Nancy like any other Americans? "Your freedom fighters ... the people who have left, and prefer to live abroad." And does Briton Mitford like Britons? "Not to live amongst," snapped Nancy. "I much prefer the French...
...glad to be back amongst you all again," said Eden. "I went away to get fit, and now I am absolutely fit to resume my duties." He emphasized that he had been consulted and had approved all major Cabinet decisions, launched into a defense of his policies. "I am sure from my postbag and otherwise that what we have done has been right. There is a growing understanding in Canada"-here he looked up into the cameras and raised his voice-"and also in the United States. I am sure this will go on increasing." Then he recited what might...
...ailing, rachitic two-year-old, bandaged like a mummy, immobile on a park bench while his elder brother bounced around showing off his prowess.) A disciple of Freud until he broke with him in 1911, Adler insisted that human beings are called upon to advance "an ideal society amongst mankind...
Right from the start of the U.N., peace continued to depend upon the restraint of the big powers and the accommodations they were able to reach amongst themselves. Then, three weeks ago, British and French aggression in Egypt suddenly made clear the dismaying fact that when the chips were down, not only Russia but "respectable" major powers as well were willing to take the law into their own hands, breaking their U.N. pledge to renounce force, when they conceived their vital national interests to be at stake...