Word: feets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Confident of quick rescue, they gathered together their slim rations (three pieces of chocolate, a bottle of protein and calcium tablets) and salvaged clothing, holed up for several nights in a shelter rigged from signal-flare parachutes, kept their feet warm in below-freezing temperatures by tucking them into an oversized insulated ice bucket. Although Dalton had suffered a head injury in the crash, it seemed minor; they decided to strike out down the slope through the waist-deep snow. Pausing to rest on a ledge, the exhausted couple rigged a shaky windbreak and decided to stay put. There Dalton...
...cannot ask them to print dollars." With 1.5 billion francs ($4,000,000) going daily to fight the Algerian war, only increased taxes, severe import restrictions, a regime of real austerity, and perhaps a capital levy on hoarded gold, can put France's economy on its feet. But there is no sign that the French are ready for a strong government that will accept such unpalatable measures...
...with a light glaring in your eyes. It is not a proper sleep, but a kind of half-dreamed nightmare. Hungarian prisoners call it 'the cinema,' and when you say you 'have been to the cinema,' it means that you have passed out on your feet and had visions...
...island-wide sabotage, the government made reprisals, e.g., in Havana, the bodies of two men were found hanging with bombs at their feet. Protesting, Santiago's Roman Catholic archbishop said he viewed the rebel violence and the reprisals "with disgust." The local Rotary Club joined in to deplore the case of "four youths, arrested by individuals identifying themselves as members of the Security Corps, who were later found murdered...
Pete Harpel again proved himself one of the finest hammer throwers in the nation Saturday, as he threw the ball 178 feet, 8 inches to win an 1C4A gold medal at Randall's Island, New York...