Word: ganged
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...condemned Resident General Pierre Boyer de la Tour, who had summarily deported the Tunisian leader of the diehard Prèsence Franéaise for his defiant utterances. Cried Dr. Georges Causse, head of the Moroccan Présence Française: "Tunisia is being sold out by a gang of rascals and traitors ... If France abandons us, the love we have for her will turn to hatred. We will fight by all means in our power, and we will come out into the streets even if it means being killed." Down From The Hills. Impatient Arab nationalists also recognized...
From the moment he took a $1.50-a-day job as a water boy on a gang building a railroad for Anaconda Copper at Butte, Mont., there was never much doubt how Cornelius Francis Kelley would spend his life. Born in the mining country (his father was a mine superintendent), "Con" Kelley had copper in his blood. He went off to study law at the University of Michigan, started specializing in mine cases back in Butte. In a fledgling industry dominated by Irishmen and racked by legal brawls, Kelley quickly made his mark. He went to work for Anaconda, became...
...humor is low, the spirits high, and the kids still love it. Our Gang, the old Hal Roach series of one-and two-reel comedies, is back again, playing on TV in 61 U.S. cities. The success of the old films has been an eye opener to TVmen. In Manhattan, shown six times weekly in half-hour shows over WPIX, they have become the most popular afternoon feature for kids in the New York City area (almost a million and a half viewers...
...least part of the reason for Our Gang's success lies in the nostalgia of an older generation. Surveys show that almost as many adults as children follow the little rascals in New York. But the reason why they fascinate a new generation of small fry is to be found in the quality of the rascals themselves and the brand of mischievous nonsense they generate. They are good kids without being goody-goody; they have a genius for getting into jams, but are ingenious at getting out. They may build a gang-size hook and ladder, charge downhill...
Baby Jean is married and a TV actress by the name of Jean Darling. All of them are 25 years away from the days when teacher would ask, "If a hen laid two eggs here and I laid two eggs here-" and one of the gang would interrupt: "I don't think...