Word: counte
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...night in Plymouth the team converted 34 Navy male nurses. Next night Commandos visited a dance hall, danced with the girls, converted the pianist (female), then eleven of the dancers. Last week, after campaign's end, Plymouth's Commandos could count 400 signed "decision cards" reading: "Trusting in the power and presence of Jesus Christ, I solemnly accept Him as my Lord and Master...
...when he blew screeching high notes that he probably could not make consistently today. When he hit 280 high Cs and then slid up into F one evening, a London theater manager begged him to cut it to 70 Cs, because the noise made him nervous while trying to count the receipts...
...sample: in Joe's first fight, the referee, a ghastly old bruiser, turns out to be the brother of Joe's opponent. "When ya knock 'm out," he tells his brother, "go ta dat cawnah, Frankie, and I'll count." Then comes a belt-bursting belly laugh: to the pictorial amazement of the referee, Joe not only knocks Frankie out with one punch, but knocks him clean through the floor boards of the ring. But the canvas is unbroken and cradles him as he sags slowly, dreamily out of sight...
...fact, it was the Whites who drew first blood, when in the second period they nailed Ralph Petrillo behind his own goal line for a safety on a punt return. Petrillo exacted revenge only a few minutes later when he scampered 70 yards for a touchdown to make the count...
Eddie Dyer had so many pitchers he needed toes and fingers to count them. Most promising: a 30-year-old Oklahoma newcomer, chisel-chinned ex-Corporal Fred Martin, who has poise, a sizzling fastball, a good curve, a tricky sinker and, most important of all, control. Everywhere Manager Dyer looked he saw more talent than he could use. His problem: which players-especially which pitchers-to sell...