Word: climbed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three tipsy U.S. Navy sailormen left off swigging rum in the open-air cabaret opposite the Capitol, crossed to Havana's Central Park, and amused themselves tossing coins to scrambling urchins. It occurred to one that he could probably climb to the top of the soft, statue in the park; he completed the feat amidst cheers from the youngsters and park idlers. Blearily, he plunked his white hat on the hatless marble head of Jose Marti, the No. 1 hero of Cuba's war for independence. Down below, his drunken shipmates casually relieved themselves among the flowerpots...
...move outdoors as soon as the temperature hits 45 or 50," McInnis said yesterday. "But you know this New England weather--it may snow tomorrow." Until the mercury does climb, McInnis must conduct his daily two-hour workouts in the hazy confines of the Cage...
...chase down some passengers for their fares; now they chase us down for their tickets." A jubilant inspector reported that his job had suddenly become a lead-pipe cinch; "Some people try to pay twice just to get an extra ticket." The company estimated that fare collections would climb some $70,000 a month; the prizes would cost only...
...center of the building. As men jumped from their beds and opened doors that were already warm, the fire tore through the roof, rushed crackling along the eaves to the wings. Some students dashed out before it was too late. Some jumped from windows, others tried to climb down the ivy that covered the stone outside. Still others never got out at all. When dawn came, there was nothing left of "Old Kenyon" but its smoke-blackened outer walls...
PRINCETON, N. J., March 9--Princeton's surging basketball team used Harvard as a ladder tonight to climb into a first place tie in the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, as it drubbed a sloppy Crimson quintet...