Word: fraying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Waddie's most famous puzzling cases a man had been killed during a shooting fray, but the nearest bullet was found on the floor four feet from the corpse. Some unknown missile had penetrated the breastbone and windpipe, grazed the esophagus, pierced the large artery (aorta) leading from the heart. Result: "massive, bursting hemorrhages of every blood vessel [in the chest], a great gush of blood from the mouth." Waddie was sure the bullet had done the damage, but attorneys for the suspect in the case insisted that the victim must have been stabbed with a dagger by someone...
...Texans who have burned up U. S. fairways the past six months, came through with victory in the Scotch foursomes-i up over Sam Snead & Ralph Guldahl. Trailing 1-to-3, the "leftouts" took on their singles assignments with grim determination. Even Captain Sarazen went into the fray. But the best they could do was split the day's matches with the rightful Ryder Cuppers, to lose the two-day battle...
...from discouraged in his first venture into politics, Sendak plans to try again in a few years for the same post. He attributes his loss only to the fact that he was missing from the scene of the political fray during the last few weeks of the campaign. The election took place on May 7; Ted had divisionals...
...pole vault Senior Steve Madey cleared a higher distance than he ever has before. Marsh Maclasae also showed up better than he has previously, and teamed with Chet d"Autrement and Bill couch, Mikkola is rather hopeful for his vaulters in the Saturday fray...
Under these auspices Jay Cooke went to the fray last week, represented in propaganda as a pipe-smoking, outdoor man. Impartial observers predicted that November would find Joe Guffey and the Pennsylvania Democrats much farther outdoors than astute Mr. Cooke...