Word: behind
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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with his hand tied behind his back...
...that the firings had been unjustified, it could put the University of Washington on its "blacklist" by censuring the administration-a move that might discourage other A.A.U.P. members from accepting faculty appointments there. If, on the other hand, it approved the dismissals, the A.A.U.P. would in effect be standing behind Allen's own definition of academic freedom...
After the staff had finished the night's work, they gathered in nearby Lorenzo's, the office pub, to drink things over. They talked loudly, drank vigorously, and tried to laugh often. When City Editor Wayne Adams walked behind the bar for a moment, someone cheered: "Look-you've got a job already." But for all the forced jokes they felt disillusioned and lost. In a few hours, the wake was over; the lights went out at Lorenzo's for the night, and at the Star for good...
...worth of ads to the Weekly's $16,466,061. (At $24,900 for a four-color page, This Week's ad rate topped all U.S. magazines.*) The Weekly still led in circulation with 9,410,561 copies, but This Week was less than 550,000 behind...
Warming up on the Los Angeles Open early last month, Ben had come in behind Lloyd Mangrum and nine others. But as he sank his final putt for a birdie, he promised: "Things are going to get better." A week later, Ben won the Bing Crosby invitation tournament. At Long Beach the week after, he won again. On the 18th green he sank an 11-ft. putt ("It seemed like the longest I ever made") to tie Jimmy Demaret; next day, in the playoff, Hogan won by two strokes. Said he: "I guess I'm making myself unpopular...