Word: beatings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this season of the year, says a dry British Admiralty handbook, fog is rare in Beirut. Last week, in that ancient city of Lebanon, where St. George is supposed to have slain his dragon, a winter sun beat fiercely on old walls radiant with purple bougainvillaea and flaming crimson poinsettias. Its rays glittered gaily in the gentle wash of Mediterranean tides on Lebanon beaches, and shone on the sleek hoods of shiny new U.S. taxicabs weaving their way through clusters of bronzed and burnoosed Arabs...
...young Indian held a first-class ticket, but the guard ordered him to sit on the floor. When the Indian politely refused, the guard began to beat him furiously. The Indian showed no anger, made no attempt to defend himself, but he stuck to his seat...
None of the 102,580 people in Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium last week really expected to see Navy (which hadn't won a game all season) beat Army (which hadn't lost all season). But the midshipmen, taking inspiration from another upset, ran up a sign saying "Gallup Picks Army" and another one saying "Harry Is On Our Side...
...Brown number set the stage for a bear that seemed likely to pop out through the curtains at any minute and shuffle up to the podium. In spite of the ten sousaphones looming up at the back of the stage, the Brown number was n ever once heavy--the beat was always sprightly, and the drums well articulated...
...contest, Chase admitted, "We ought to beat them." In their first outing, the Engineers showed occasional blurts of speed, but little team coordination, and less conditioning. Most of their scores against BC came after they were hopelessly behind, and against the Eagle scrubs...