Word: denned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...village in his parish, to avoid a certain path into the hills. It was, they assured him, haunted by demons. Strong in his faith, and armed against wild beasts, the Rev. Jal Singh proceeded up this path and near it found, not a dragon's nest, but the den of a she-wolf, with several wolf cubs sprawling in it and two female humans, aged about two and eight years respectively. Exceedingly shy and fierce, these human females went on all fours like their den-mates. They uttered guttural growls and barks like wolves. Only one explanation seemed possible...
...undergraduate Perkins was captain of a victorious crew, and subsequently a member of the athletic committee. He graduated from the Law School in 1897, and has since been associated with the Boston law firm of Ropes, Gray, Boy-den, and Perkins. Since the founding of the Harvard Endowment Fund, Perkins has been a member of both the National executive committee and chairman of the greater Boston Committee...
...prosecuted for sedition on account of the interview and might even be executed. The World's correspondent, Mr. Arthur Constantine, then proudly cinched his interview by obtaining from the 72-year-old prelate two huskily whispered sentences of touching import: "Si me toca morir en este conflicto, esta, den. Morire con gloria." ("If it be my turn to die in this conflict, very well, I shall die with glory...
...into her car before driving off with her to Mexico. Moreover, Evangelist McPherson was not markedly sunburned, last week, though she described vividly her sufferings while crossing burning sands. Speaking from her pulpit at Angelus Temple, she compared her escape to that of Daniel from the lions' den...
...Quiet in the hog sty!" bellowed Prussian Communists. "Silence in the robbers' den!" roared Prussian Fascists. Amid stentorian shouts for stillness, all proceedings in the Prussian Landtag were temporarily abandoned...