Word: gate
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...prison gates opened to admit prisoners returning from work. "Their sentry followed. . . . Four hands were stretched towards me behind my comrades: Marquet held my brief case; Finot held a wallet with my money and papers in it. Moineau and David held nothing but their fingers. . . . They felt rough, warm and kind. At this moment the ball hit the ground, two of the players slipped and fell, and Duclos ran towards Desprez with his fists raised . . . knocked him down brutally." The guards rushed up to intervene. Shedding his prison overcoat, Hélion "shot out" of the gate...
...between the umpire, Lt. Joe Redding, and Lt. Sharkey pitcher for the 2nd Platoon. Umpire players and spectators were unperturbed by the pitcher's picturesque words and actions, however, for it was common knowledge that Lt. Sharkey at one time in his career was in charge of the press gate at Ebbettis Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. One spectator went so far as to remark that after four years in Flatbush, Lt. Sharkey's mannerisms seemed remarkably mild...
...Etna Line. On the remaining Axis forces in Sicily an Allied gate was closing. The Axis forces still fighting were mostly German, now facing the possibility that Italy itself might desert them in their rear. They were in the northeast, facing the Canadians and British of General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery's Eighth Army. But the Germans were not unmindful of the Americans in the west and in central Sicily. Unopposed, the Seventh could close in on Messina behind the Germans, shutting their only way out. This week Allied headquarters reported that the Germans had flung a line from...
...Temple Court at the corner of Nassau and Beeckman streets, with broad-armed chairs instead of tables, where you helped yourself, and the cashier took your word for the amount of your bill. But when Dennett opened another self-serve unit nearer Wall Street, he installed a gate and checkers who punched a ticket for your trayful...
...clock evening session the Red Gate Players will show to the subscribers to the Institute the classic drama of old China, featuring "The Legend of the Willow Plate " in five scenes...