Word: bores
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sunday morning, Japanese newspapers carried his first public statement to the Japanese, stressing the continuance of MacArthur's occupation policy in phrases that were Ridgway's, yet still bore a strong resemblance to MacArthur's old-fashioned prose...
Ward, who allowed several long blows that were caught by outfielders, bore down in the ninth after Shultz's single to make Kowalski and Henley hit into forceouts at second and struck out right fielder John Poce to end the game. HARVARD ab r h po a e Foynes, cf 3 0 0 3 0 0 Robinson, rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 White, ss 5 0 1 2 5 0 Akillian, lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 Walsh, c 2 1 1 6 1 0 Johnson, 1b 2 2 1 9 1 0 Reilly...
George Albert Smith was born poor and grew up proud. As a plain, gawky kid in Salt Lake City, he always remembered that he bore one of the most illustrious names in Mormonism: his grandfather had been a cousin of Founder Joseph Smith. George worked hard to live up to his name. His father's house had no front lawn and he labored to put one in, then toted water for it from an irrigation ditch every night. He started to work making overalls, later on he became a successful salesman...
...eastern flank of the peninsula, U.N. naval forces bore the brunt of probing the enemy, sapping his buildup, keeping him as much off balance as possible. The port of Wonsan, 80 miles above the parallel and a key traffic hub, was under continuous fire; by week's end it had endured 43 consecutive days of bombardment, a naval record exceeding that achieved in the siege of Vicksburg.* Rear Admiral Allan E. Smith, in command of the naval task force off Wonsan, described the operation: "In Wonsan, you cannot walk on the streets. You cannot sleep any time...
From the opening bell, ex-Sailor Murphy came boring in like a brawling longshoreman, trying to land the knockout left that has polished off 50 out of 58 opponents, and made Murphy one of the top contenders for the light-heavyweight title. The referee had to warn Murphy against his grab-and-hit tactics (clutching with his right glove while pounding with his left). But Matthews was taking care of himself. He boxed with Marquess of Queensberry manners, but kept thumping powerful lefts & rights to Murphy's body. Later, when Murphy continued to bore in with a splendid disregard...