Word: dismounted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only natural. Back in 1937, writing of himself in the third person, he said: "In spite of his brave talk, Jawaharlal is obviously tired and stale, and will progressively deteriorate if he continues as president of the Congress Party. He cannot rest, for he who rides a tiger cannot dismount...
...rides the tiger Finds it difficult to dismount...
...Briton, 23 were Americans who had chosen to renounce their homeland and live on the Communist side of the Iron Curtain. A band of U.S. newsmen silently watched the group dismount, chattering and joking with each other and looking-except for their faded blue P.W. uniforms-like a bunch of crew-cut American college boys returning from vacation. One of them spotted a Chinese newspaperman. "Hey, Comrade Lee," he shouted, "see you in Peking." A Chinese Communist called: "Don't forget us!" "Never!" cried another American...
...shaded by a parasol and fanned by a long-handled fly sweeper, drew near. Ben Abdallah revved up the motor, threw the old roadster into gear and roared at 40 m.p.h. straight at the mounted Sultan. For a startled instant, the Sultan watched the oncoming car, then began to dismount. A tough professional soldier, Calais-born Robert King, who is physical training instructor of the Sultan's guards, leaped on the running board of the Ford, grabbed ben Abdallah by the neck and wrestled him from the car. Ben Abdallah pulled a butcher knife from his djellaba and sliced...
...fake-with its "pretentious airs of romanticism," its "tourist traps." In Paris, Tenn., the Gossets felt a twinge of outraged national pride at the "made in Paris" perfumes. But their spirits revived when they saw a horseman ride up to a parking meter, throw the bridle across the meter, dismount and deposit a coin...