Word: elbows
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that was reputed also to be able to drink thirty bottles of porter at a sitting. The visitors and the graduating seniors came in the height of the day's fashion--embroidered waistcoats, peach-blossom coats, and powdered wigs--,and one elderly lady sat up all night in her elbow chair before the 1758 Commencement in order not to disturb the arrangement of her hair...
...These should be our articles of faith. If we adhere to them, we will be true to our character and ideals. Success is assured if we are true to ourselves. We have a system which, though far from perfect, is strong with idealism. It gives elbow room for men of all races and all beliefs. It is vital and dynamic. And it works. We have the means of shaping the world in our pattern. If we do, freedom will be assured...
...field meet last spring, but Coach Mikkola figures his team will be lucky to finish in the first ten tomorrow and Saturday at Randall's Island, New York. The reason is simple. Don Trimble, who won the IC4A javelin throw last spring, still can't throw without his sore elbow hurting, and he will definitely not compete at New York...
...Awakening. Many an M.P. missed the point in St. Laurent's words, as decorous as his dark suit and starched collar. Standing at Prime Minister King's elbow, he followed his prepared text closely through heavy, horn-rimmed glasses. Occasionally he emphasized a point with a characteristic twist of his head to the right. As he droned on for 87 minutes, M.P.s dozed (one Liberal backbencher had to be awakened by a messenger), or padded out to the lobbies for a smoke...
...killer's battered body were found the identification papers of a 25-year-old religious fanatic named Juan Roa Sierra, but there was serious doubt that they were the dead man's own papers. Everybody agreed that the Communists had had a hand-right up to the elbow-in the affair. Secretary Marshall had denounced "the same definite pattern which provoked strikes in Italy and France and is endeavoring to prejudice the situation in Italy's elections." In Washington, the Central Intelligence Agency released secret reports from Bogota that Communists had planned to sabotage the conference...