Word: clung
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When the first balloon was ready, lean Jean Boesmans, the Dutch entry, and his wife stepped into the basket. As 40 gallant soldiers of the Republic clung fast to its ropes, Boesmans launched into a flowery speech in praise of French sportsmanship. Just then the band struck up the Dutch National Anthem. "Tell the music to shut up," shouted Boesmans. "Lâchez tout!" (let it go) roared the crowd. Promptly the soldiers dropped the ropes and Boesmans soared aloft, while the crowd shouted: "Vive la Hollande...
Going It Alone. Up to now, despite utter failure of negotiations a year ago, the U.S. had clung to the hope that Russia would carry out its moral obligation to junk the steel wall across Korea and set up an overall provisional government under a five-year trusteeship. But now, said Hilldring, "we are forced to go it alone. . . . We must take independent action in our zone pending unification...
Momentary cheer was afforded to Varsity rooters by the game performance of Walt Bullard, who stayed the Blue tide temporarily in the 220-yard free-style. The vet Freshman's first here in 2:16.0 set a new Yardling record with the five points. But the Bulldog clung right to the Crimson fetlock with second and third...
...army. But as the Vanguard finally sidled up to her Cape Town wharf, 1,200 other less protean schoolgirls, dressed in their best white, lined up to form the word "Welcome" on the side of Signal Hill. Some 200,000 more South Africans stood in the sweltering sun or clung to flagpoles to roar their greetings, many fainting with the heat. Britain's considerate King suggested that the shoreward procession start a half hour early...
...unpresentable. But an untouched and confident corps of students are stepping up to receive their dose of the liberal arts and they will emerge with a bright new idealism: it will be very similar to the old. Meanwhile, many leaders of the former picketings and rallies and bull sessions clung to their raft of obsessions and quietly disappeared when war and contact with the raw, coarse stuff of a democratic country shook loose their inflexible grip...