Word: balle
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Criminal Mind. In Lincoln, Neb., Arlene Gibson went to jail after making the mistake of wearing stolen jewelry to a policeman's ball...
...Washington, 16,000 school safety patrolmen from 13 states marched down Constitution Avenue, peered at Lindbergh's plane, climbed the Washington Monument. The 51 New Yorkers went instead to New York's City Hall, where they got medals, then to a ball game at Yankee Stadium...
...robbery was termed an "inside job" by Sergeant Toomey and the two victims, William G. B. Graham '51 and John Cowles '51. While they were out at the movies and their third roommate visiting across the ball, two strongboxes were removed from the room. The one belonging to Graham contained $60 in cash and close to $100 in checks that had been collected for Red Book subscriptions in North Thayer...
Congress had its busiest week of the session. Besides voting overwhelmingly in favor of air power, it came to grips with everything from U.N. revision to the long-range housing bill (see Housing). In the Senate, Minnesota's Joe Ball hitched up his trousers for a whirl at refurbishing the Taft-Hartley law. In the House, committeemen met behind closed doors to debate extension of the reciprocal trade agreements...
...already had too many low American habits to suit Pravda. "How can we get rid of swing and jitterbugging," Pravda demanded to know, "when . " . vulgar melodies [like] Pussycats, Crazy Girl and White Moth sound in the public places . . . pampering low-grade tastes . . . while folk and real ball dances are unavailable...