Word: awaying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...called her two servants, a smiling, white-jacketed No. 1 boy and a greying, gold-toothed amah. "Here," she explained, "are Lao Wu and Amah. Lao Wu has been in the family for 45 years, Amah for 34. What would they do if we ran away and left them...
...Benitez was not taking back a word. "Can you imagine in these days such fanatical, Torquemada-like intolerance?" he asked. Last week he announced that he would open forums at which university students would be free to debate philosophy and politics. That, he said, would represent one step farther away from the hidebound teaching methods of the universities of Mother Spain...
...outdoor theater, Actress Anderson had to howl down the throb of low-flying planes for an unsegregated audience of 10,000, probably the largest ever to see Medea. Total receipts, for seats in camp chairs or on the grassy slopes: more than $16,000. Six blocks away, the National, still obstinately grinding out minor movies and losing money, was half empty...
...runner in the U.S. racing stakes. Whirlaway, Pensive, Twilight Tear and Armed were the horses that first carried Calumet's devil red and blue to fame & fortune. In the past three years, Calumet's Citation and Coaltown, Fervent and Faultless, Pot o' Luck, Ponder, Bewitch and Wistful have run away from all competition. Other horsemen may not be happy about it, but the public is. Fans know that Calumet is not a betting stable, and that its horses are always sharp when they go to the post for a big race...
Rival from Brooklyn. Even Trainer Jones performs no feeding or training miracles with second-rate horses. Quick to spot the no-goods, he loses no time unloading them. His pet phrase: "Trade'm away for a dog and then shoot...