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Word: guarding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Fireman Gordon L. Dell testified that guards made him run around on his hands and knees like a dog, barking and biting other prisoners. "Once they ordered me to bite the guard sergeant. I crawled over but didn't bite him. He kicked me hard anyway. Another time a guard burned the back of my neck with a cigarette, and another time a second prisoner and I had our heads banged together so hard I lost consciousness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Tough Discipline | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

...Navy Fireman Paul Basom swore that guards ordered him "to have a bowel movement in front of other prisoners. Then one man poured lighter fluid under me and lighted it. When it got hot I ran." Basom said he was later ordered by another guard to put out a burning cigarette with his bare feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Tough Discipline | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

...Seaman Jeffrey Cohee said that a guard once smeared his eyes with shaving lotion, on another occasion ordered him to say something and then shoved a pencil up his nose for saying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Tough Discipline | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

...cash prize was recognition of Pearson's leadership in creating the United Nations Emergency Force to guard the peace in the Middle East. Already a front runner to succeed Louis St. Laurent (who sent in his resignation as Liberal leader in September), Nobel Winner Pearson became an odds-on favorite to take over as leader when the Liberals meet in January to make their choice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: In Delicate Balance | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

...halfbacks, made the majority of carries, and it is unlikely that the Crimson will again face as devastating a pair of runners this season. The first two plays of the game set the tone for the entire first half, with Burke running for six yards through right guard and then Crouthamel going for five more in the same spot...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Dartmouth Stifles Varsity Eleven, 26-0; As First Half Setback Clinches Contest | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

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