Word: crouching
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...there be light," says the light company; and wiry candles glitter in all the cities of the world, bulbs of light blossom in the street, lights are in the houses, there is gaiety behind bright windows and darkness, enormous, hungry and patient, is compelled to crouch under the ocean or in the corners of closets. All this is expensive and Lawrence F. Jones, a radio dealer, decided that the Brooklyn Edison Co. had charged him too much for lighting his shop. Accordingly, he refused to pay their bill...
...second semi-final arguments on November 18 will be judged by Hon. L. C. Crouch, of the Appellate division of the Supreme Court of New York, Hon. J. L. Allread of the Court of Appeals of Ohio, and Hon. T. D. Thacher, United States District Judge for New York...
...Time changes. Attacking teams are limited to 30 seconds between plays (eliminating "stalling" when a team is ahead in the last quarter). Attacking teams may crouch in a "huddle" only 15 seconds giving signals. Shift plays are prohibited unless the attacking team stops a full second between the players, shift and the snapping of the ball from centre. Violation of the 15-second "huddle" rule costs five yards; violation of the one second shift rule, 15 yards...
Interference (knocking another man down without using the hands) is bumpy work; smashing opposing line men from the crouch brings bruises, bloody noses. Football practice...
...became stone deaf. As his hearing dwindled, his conducting, which he would not give up, became more and more ludicrous. He would bend over his keys to hear what he played until his orchestra quite lost sight of him. At the crescendoes he could and would straighten up, crouch up, stand up, finally leap up off the floor itself in passionate release...