Word: bents
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Check on Einstein. An old question is Einstein's Theory of Relativity. One way to check on Einstein is to measure how much a star's light rays are bent by gravitation when they pass close to the sun. These measurements can be taken effectively only during a solar eclipse...
...cleared another covey of skirts and sweaters. He could distinctly hear the 1896 Gate squeaking its hinges in disgust and any time now, the Mem Hall bell would start up a dirge celebrating the end of an era. What would the old grads think as they rolled over and bent an ear? What, indeed...
...vain hands bent on sacrifice or clasped in prayer we see; The ways of God are not exactly what those ways should be. The swindler and the ruffian lead pleasant lives enough, While judgments overtake the good and many a sharp rebuff . . . And if great God Almighty fails to keep the balance true, What can we hope that paltry mortal magistrates will...
When Frank bent over to help look for the half dollar, Stuart hit him over the head as hard as he could...
...matches. Suddenly his face clouded. He hitched the Tommy gun higher under his arm, took a dirty piece of paper from the wide, ragged sleeve of his shinel, and scowled at it. After a few steps he stuffed the paper back carefully, stared for a moment at the bent backs of the prisoners, then searched the strained faces of a new load of commuters just leaving the station...