Word: deadman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they took their positions in two long lines on either side of his car-sedate-looking fellows, carrying canes-and walked beside the car down Capitol Hill. It was a brisk, 46-minute walk and everyone made it except George Hardy, who got a stitch in his side, and "Deadman" Riley, who just got tired. The others all felt fine, although afterwards they began to stiffen up a bit, sitting around in the chill breeze...
...Newfangled Industry. Known for four centuries and settled for two, the Magdalens (pop. 10,000) have never before had modern industry. They have long been notorious as a menace to navigation-"the Graveyard of the Gulf." Of the most westerly, Deadman Island (see map), Tom Moore wrote...
...Deadman's Isle, in the eye of the blast, To Deadman's Isle she speeds her fast; By skeleton shapes her sails are furled And the hand that steers is not of this world...
Last Word. In Banff, Alta., the Canadian Medical Convention heard Dr. W. J. Deadman speak on "Sudden Death...
Resurrection. In Madison, Wis., Dr. C. A. Deadman confounded hospital physicians by recovering handily from a severe heart ailment...