Word: drove
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...climb to power peacefully, capturing India "seat by seat and state by state." Careful not to make direct attacks on popular Jawaharlal Nehru, the Communists portray him as the lone healthy voice in his own party, piously urge him to cleanse Congress Party ranks of anti-socialists "as Christ drove the money-changers from the temple...
Orators and newspapers sang of Moslem brotherhood and the glory of the nation as Pakistan celebrated its second birthday as a republic. Thousands lined Karachi's streets last week to cheer as President Iskander Mirza, surrounded by his bodyguard of Lancers in uniforms of scarlet, green and gold, drove by in his state coach to preside at a parade of Pakistan's military might, backed by contingents from fellow Baghdad Pact Members Iran, Iraq and Turkey. But beneath the brave fagade, Pakistan was a sick and sad nation...
Last week Coach Dougherty drove into the same old mousetrap-a fare picked up at midnight in the Loop, an arm around the neck and a razor at the throat. Dougherty turned over $30, all he carried. But the razor wielder wildly demanded more money, sprawled into the front seat, pulled a pistol, and said, "I'm going to kill you anyway." Figuring "by then I had run out of chances," Dougherty grabbed the pistol and killed his fare, a 23-year-old dope addict...
Capitalism can fall into some unexpected pitfalls in its travels around the world, but none more surprising than in Guinée, French West Africa. Recently, so goes the tale, a wealthy chieftain bought a brand-new car from a local auto dealer, proudly drove it away, filled with his numerous family. A few miles down the road, he skidded into a ditch and overturned. Though no one was badly hurt, the car was wrecked. Wrathfully. the chief returned to the dealer and demanded a new car because, he said, the wrecked one had been bewitched. As an expert witness...
...What the Sign Said. In Newington, Conn., William Monnier, 22, drove his car through the front window of the Sesme Drive-In Restaurant, walked a wavy line to the kitchen, fixed himself an early morning snack...