Word: fifteens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Fifteen attempted coups in 18 years, says our temporarily strabismical researcher...
...Fifteen minutes later, according to McConahey, a night watchman appeared. After instructing McConahey to report all fires to the Fire Dept., the watchman proceded to set a good example...
...Within fifteen minutes after the alarm was sounded at 5:10, (the fire had been put out a half hour earlier with a bucket of water) the nine trucks (plus a couple of police cars) had the building surrounded. As a big hydraulic ladder crunched against the top of the building, two firemen rushed inside...
When the Russians finally broke through the city's defenses, Von Lehndorff needed all his piety and faith during six days of rape, arson and looting. He was stunned by "these maddened youngsters, fifteen, sixteen-years-old, flinging themselves like wolves on the women without really knowing what it's all about. All this has nothing to do with Russia, nothing to do with any particular nation or race-it is man kind without God, the caricature of man." Very soon "none of the women had any strength left to resist. In a few hours a change came...
They went on like this for fifteen minutes, each talking about his own grades, but neither listening, like two radios facing each other tuned to different stations. I guess they just liked the feel of the letters in their mouths...