Word: behind
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...uplands of the Belgian Congo, Africa. But perhaps Representative Murphy has in mind the largest species of tiger, the felis tigris, which is indigenous to Asia. Subscriber Murphy would be meticulously correct if he should state that the felis tigris is to be found in Africa only behind zoo bars...
...women friends know, "Kate" loves it all so! She is exuberant, kinetic, lovely. Of a morning she canters, while her bull (not poodle) scampers behind...
...Behind the hearse of Stefan Raditch, walked, according to the lowest cabled estimates, slightly over 1% of the population of Jugoslavia.* At the climax of this prodigious demonstration, a wreath of thorns was laid upon the grave. From the wreath dangled, on a golden wire, the Serbian bullet which killed Croat Raditch...
Machiavelli has become little more than an adjective signifying ruthless scheming duplicity. The present biography makes it quite clear that a man is behind the adjective, a true Florentine who slung mud and cobble stones in street-fights along the Arno, swapped bawdy yarns over a noggin of wine, curried favor with whatever political power there happened...
...punishment. An atheist is therefore considered more likely to be a liar than a man who believes in God. In two states, Arkansas and Maryland, there are provisions by which an atheist's testimony is non-negotiable in court; any court would be likely to recognize the logic behind the theory or to be swayed by the prejudice which exists in the minds of God-fearers against those who are infidels. Thus Mrs. Marshall prepared last week an appeal to the Supreme Court based upon the probable falsity of her husband's oath...