Word: forfeit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...myths of not one but half a dozen cultures, concerns a beautiful empress who, being born of a spirit, does not possess anything as human as a shadow-or the ability to bear children. Since she is married to a more human ruler, she must acquire a shadow or forfeit her husband's life. With the help of a witchlike nurse and surrounded by innumerable magic effects (a sword springing from nowhere, fish conjured from thin air into a frying pan, a chorus of "unborn children"), the empress searches for a likely shadow and nearly gets it from...
...National League, Thayer Middle moved into a first place tie with Grays, edging the latter 20 to 19. Both teams have won five and lost one. Matthews North and Straus North both received forfeit victories...
...both the British and Russians declined to try Alfried, he and eleven directors were put on trial before a U.S. court at Nürnberg, were convicted of plundering the industries of conquered countries and exploiting slave labor. Alfried was sentenced to twelve years in prison and forced to forfeit his property, the only property seizure of the war crime trials; his directors got sentences ranging from two to twelve years. The head of the Krupp empire went off to Landsberg prison, where he washed dishes, did laundry, worked in a blacksmith shop (one product: a crucifix for the prison...
...League games this spring the Crimson has totalled five wins and a forfeit, outscoring the opposition by 87 points to 14, for its first championship since...
Only Yale now stands between the Crimson, with four wins and a forfeit, and a certain League Championship...