Word: felted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chep Morrison, who had felt Earl's whiplash before, battled Earl's program all over the state. And when the ballots were counted, the voters in back parishes and city alike had slapped Earl down. Every one of his key measures was defeated...
...Communists evidently felt that the authority of the "people's government" needed bolstering. They said it was provisional; Red Mayor Ebert promised "free" elections as soon as "self-evident suppositions" could be established (doubletalk meaning "as soon as a Communist victory could be safely rigged...
...Mice & Near-Misses. Burgomaster Witschey felt that, with the mills humming, the town itself could make some plans for simple reconstruction. One day in 1944, 600 of Nijverdal's homes were damaged or destroyed by the near-misses of Allied bombers attacking a German V-2 launching platform just back of town. With the mills hardly running at all, the town had been too poor to do much about repairs. Nijverdal could remedy that now. Burgomaster Witschey hoped for renovation of the down-at-heel town hall, too: a couple of months ago, mice nibbled through his desk drawer...
William D. Weeks '49, Council president, explained at the time he felt the poll was of such great importance that it should be considered by the entire Council...
...heard from other people who have slept there. One of them heard footsteps and hoofbeats in the courtyard every evening, and finally moved away. Another was the landlady's daughter. She once felt a spot of darkness move toward her in the night and mumble some gibberish in her ear. The next morning her ear was full...