Word: froze
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...autumn of 1952 wore into winter, Schwable was kept in a series of tiny, dank caves, watched around the clock by guards who made a practice of shining flashlights in his eyes to wake him up hourly at night. Water spilling from his tea froze on touching the ground. Said he: "I never stopped shivering...
...allowed to relieve himself at a latrine for long periods of time, and once did so in his drinking cup. The sickening contents froze, and for two days he chipped away to make the cup usable again. Finally he was allowed some hot water, which melted the rest. He drank the contents. "It didn't taste so good," he said, staring at the court, "but I was thirsty...
...preliminary game, the Yardlings edged the Bruin cubs in overtime, 67-66. Brown had tied the game, 62-62, at the end of the regulation time, but the Yardlings grabbed the lead with about 40 seconds of the overtime left. They froze the ball for the remainder of the period to clinch...
From the frigid hills of Hamilton, New York, the men of Colgate descended to the balmy Massachusetts southland. And they nearly froze...
...aristocratic young cavalry lieutenant of the French Fourth Hussars had decided to stage an ice carnival for his pert blonde mistress Mimi. When the Moselle froze solid one night in 1879, he had the snow-decked pines along the river bank festooned with gaily colored lanterns. Mimi made her entrance in a sled carved like a swan. At a signal, all lights except those from a bank of flaming punch bowls were doused, and fur-coated flunkies served up a feast of Parisian delicacies and champagne. To cap the party, a clump of snow-cleared pines was set ablaze...