Word: cornering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...humming with life once more. On its upper floors dormitories have been set up, shower rooms moved in bodily. A staff of 25 cleans and cooks, as academic affairs cram every old corner during...
...currently making the rounds of Prague's beer cellars and coffeehouses. A prominent politician, one of the few leftovers from the old guard of President Masaryk, was being questioned by a worried friend: "Sometimes it looks as if war between Russia and the U.S. were just around the corner, doesn't it?" "It certainly does, sometimes." "And with whom, do you think, Czechoslovakia should ally herself, if and when?" "With Russia, of course...
...biggest job is in the south-east corner of the Yard, where three steam shovels are still excavating for the new undergraduate library. Hindered in their efforts by the recent rainstorms which transformed the pit into a small sized lake, the workmen expect to complete excavation within two weeks...
...Done It. Led to his corner, Rocky was gently awakened with the news that he had won, but could get only one eye open. Said he: "What? What? Yeah? Yeah? Yeah? It's marvelous ... I can't believe it." Into the mike he yelled, "Mama, the bad boy done it." Later, supporting himself with difficulty against the wall of the shower room, the new champion* remembered about that sixth round: "I wanted to kill him. I had nothin' against the guy. I like the guy, but I wanted to kill him. Ya know what I mean...
...hustle-bustle last week. Lanky young pilots, many in their old Army flying jackets, darted about the coveys of DC-3 freighters and the smaller Piper Cubs, Cessnas and Beechcrafts scattered around the field. Steamrollers were snorting away, lengthening the landing strips to 4,500 feet. In a corner of the field, handlers coaxed a horse into a freight plane. Regularly, every minute or so, a plane took off or landed...