Word: ems
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Most of the men," said Haines, "want to get into a single right away. But we don't let 'em. They lose their skill in the singles because they have to worry all the time about staying aboard...
...thin-lipped, looking more like a schoolteacher than a road-gang boss, said that the trouble had started out on the highway when the convicts refused to work. He said that he had intended only to punish the ringleaders. He was defiant: "I got a right to knock 'em in the head and drag 'em to the hot box if I can't put 'em in anyways else." But he insisted that he had not fired until a Negro lunged for him, grabbing at his revolver...
...Besides, I don't like that dust that blows down off the mountains. Some people may think the mountains are beautiful, but once you have seen a mountain out there you've seen 'em all, and that's too many. Why, there's mountains out there that grass doesn't even grow on. Anybody who calls that beauty is nuts. We went West to find out for ourselves which was the best place. We soon found out. Nova Scotia is best...
...Count 'Em--Two Moravecs...
...HUNT. Even the details of Bugsy's funeral became a matter of disagreement among the romancers. The New York Mirror had a picture identified as $5,000 SILVER-PLATED COFFIN FOR BUGSY. Said New York's Daily News: BUGSY'S WOOD COFFIN FOOLS 'EM AT FUNERAL. Where the truth was, no one seemed to know-or care-but a wonderful time...