Word: ben
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...their ancient exodus), the Jews were again on the move. This time they were headed south, driving the Egyptians before them. With their occupation of Beersheba,* traditional southern boundary of the biblical kingdom of David and Solomon, the Jews felt they had really come home. Cabled Israel's Ben-Gurion to the forces on the southern front: "With your blood you have reforged the link with our forefather Abraham...
...might also have sent (he didn't) a cable of thanks to the U.N. in Paris. The Security Council's first cease-fire cable to the Israeli government was ambiguous; it read like a suggestion rather than an order. Ben-Gurion and his ministers took a leisurely day and a half and four cabinet sessions to "study" the document and take full advantage of their luck. By the time U.N. got around to sending a clear cease-fire order, Beersheba had fallen and the control of the Negeb desert was solidly in Israeli hands...
...Burly Ben Reese, managing editor of the Post-Dispatch, promptly roared that the paper would put up Link's $11,000 bond "and will defend him to the last ditch." The Post-Dispatch rushed into print with a Sunday editorial (titled "The Green Machine Fights Back") that snarled: "Cowardly men in Illinois are watching the clock as the hour hand moves toward Election Day . . . They think they can muzzle the Post-Dispatch. They are wrong. The Post-Dispatch will not be intimidated. It will not be gagged." Staffers figured that the charge against Link would be quietly dropped after...
...officers are Frank H. Powell '46, who will captain Ben McCabe's Jayvee football team; Malcolm C. Greenidge '52, named to manage the Freshman soccer team, and Paul F. Cooper '52, who will take over the managerial reins of the Freshman cross-country squad...
Last week it was fumbles. Yesterday it was intercepted passes, as six of them boomeranged on Ben McCabe's Jayvees, helping Boston University grind out a 19-6 victory at Soldiers Field...