Word: bask
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that his noblemen live there, housing was a nightmare. With 10.000 people living in the chateau at Versailles, it was as crowded as a slum. The bearer of many a celebrated name had to be content with a dismal attic room, though it seemed to be worth it to bask in the rays of the Sun King: the nobleman of the day counted himself lucky if he could become the official custodian of the royal chamber...
Ossman gained the honor as a varsity fullback his junior year; Shaw was a senior guard, and Finney, last year's winner, was a jayvee bask...
...last week the volcanic nature of the young erupted in two curious tribal gatherings-one at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the other at Balboa, Calif.-as thousands of students, freed from their books by Easter vacations, swarmed seal-like to the two towns' beaches to swim, fight, drink, woo, bask in the sun and howl at the southern moon...
...last big diplomatic chore, lent his official presence to the inauguration of Mexico's new President (see HEMISPHERE). Then, as he went off to relax on the sands at Acapulco, many a New Yorker guessed that he would settle down south of the border for good, to bask in the southern sun and enjoy the admiration of the understanding Latins, and perhaps reflect cozily, like a retired Houdini recalling the box trick, on his old adventures in practical politics...
Tapeworms bask in their intestines; protozoans, flukes and nematodes float around in their fluids. To Rothschild and Clay, a skylark is more than a blithe spirit: it is a flying...