Word: driven
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Later the royal party was driven to the great Church of Ste. Gudule, half way up the precipitous slope which ascends from the lower town to the royal and aristocratic quarter. At the church, Monsignor de Greve, representing Cardinal Mercier,* welcomed Prince Leopold in the name of the ecclesiastical authorities of Belgium. Finally the royal motors snorted up the last and steepest part of the hill, traversed the famed avenue once sacred to the residences of courtiers, brought Prince Leopold "home"- to what is considered by many architects "the handsomest modern royal palace in Europe...
...street leading into Pittsburgh, a bus carrying a troupe of strolling players who present Uncle Tom's Cabin was hurrying. Other cars were hurrying likewise. One was a handsome limousine, with a banker reclining within; one was a scrap-iron truck, driven by a Negro. It was this truck, passing three automobiles coming toward it, that accidentally rammed one of them. There was a tremendous crash. Five other cars piled into the wreckage before they could stop. Among them were the strolling players, the handsome limousine. Little Eva was badly shaken. The two bloodhounds yelped with pain and rage...
...winter training for Freshman oarsmen is an innovation started by Coach George Murphy, and has enabled the eights to get out on the river every day last week, although they were driven to shelter by a cold rainstorm on one occasion. They plan to continue, their daily outdoor workouts until ice prevents...
Tudor was the high scorer for the Freshmen, scoring five goals. He had driven the puck home twice and Stanley had scored once before Cross counted for Browne and Nichols. Shots by Crosby, star wing, who appeared to be the best player on the ice in the opening stanza, sagged the net twice, and Russ of the schoolboys scored before the first period ended...
...Dieu, why should I? C'est la guerre politique! I am not going to be driven out like that. In my long life I have wanted to rest from the cares of state so many times that I have exhausted all possible means of abandoning power. The hour demands that I hold on! Je fais la guerre politique...