Word: finding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Well," he admitted, "they were a little reluctant to leave. We imported ten Bengal tigers, and within a couple of hours there wasn't a bulldog left. Since we couldn't get near a house full of tigers, we had to find a herd of wild elephants and turn them loose on the tigers...
From the first, District 50's tactics were highhanded. They would not go into an election to find out whether the U.M.W. represented anybody at all. They counted not so much on their actual strength as the fear they could stir up. New Yorkers well remembered the 1934 cab strike, when 5,000 enraged hackies ran wild through midtown Manhattan, overturning and busting up cabs, fighting cops and stoning non-strikers...
...Rope Went Slack. Down the dark opening, her mother heard Kathy crying, tried to find out her position. "Kathy, Kathy, is your head up?" she called. "Yes, it is," Kathy sobbed. "Is your head down?" her mother asked. "Yes, it is," came Kathy's voice, thin and frightened. Then there was only the dismayed crying of a child beginning to realize that her mother was not going to make everything all right...
Munro is going to have about 30 men dressing for the game, practically all of them midfielders--he is still juggling four separate midfield units in an attempt to find the best...
...didn't share the enthusiasm of last year's New York theatergoers, who cheered themselves hoarse over Miss Anderson's performance, it was only because its magnificence came as no revelation. It is, however, particularly gratifying to see her playing Medea again, and to find that she has somewhat tempered her interpretation of the she-lion to make her more sympathetic. There are now instances to show that the embittered Asiatic does not lose her sense of humor, And, needless to say, she does not lose her sex impulse. Miss Anderson's Medea rages not only at the wrong done...