Word: curely
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Most of the Armenians in the vineyard country of Southern California had heard the story of Avak Hagopian, the goldsmith's apprentice of Azerbaijan. Four years ago, when Avak was 16, God had appeared in a vision before him. God had given Avak the power to cure. Letters from the old country swore it was true. With a touch of his fingers Avak cured ulcers, paralysis, cancer. He had been tried for charlatanry-and had won acquittal by curing the throbbing pain in his judge's head. He had also won as his staunchest disciple the Iranian army...
...completely satisfied with his weekend decisions. His mound choice, Landon Clay, hurled a four-hitter, started two double plays, and clouted a home run to aid in his 12 to 3 victory over the Elis. At the same time, hitless catcher George Strout reverted to an old diamond cure for blindness. He switched over to the left side of the plate and knocked out a single and a double in three trips...
...dictionary calls it "a catarrhal affection of the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose, and respiratory tract," and Oliver Wendell Holmes said that the only cure for it "is six feet of gravel, taken externally," but all these unfortunates cursed with hay fever know that it is one damn nuisance...
Regarding the medical service as a standard University utility, the meeting seemed to agree that the activities center could do more to cure psychological troubles. After a proposal to merge the music center with the student activities, it was decided to appoint a committee, a great body of opinion then favoring...
...Irresponsible use of the veto" was deprecated by Cadogan, but he declared that "nothing is wrong with the U.N. charter. It all depends on how the veto is employed. The U. N. is not a cure-all," he stated, "but merely an instrument whose effectiveness rests on the aims of its users...