Word: gummed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chizer Lewis John of 1172 Hendricks Street Gary, Ind.: Telleston School. Gary. Highly, Francis Merrel, Jr. of RR No. 4, Valparaiso, Ind.; Valparaiso High, Little, James Beach of 912 East Gum Street, Evansville, Ind.; Bosse High Evansville, Magee, Charles Thomas, Jr. of 108 South Avenue, Mt. Clemens, Mich.; Mt. Clemens High. Taylor, Richard Edwin of 1602 North Broadway, Hastings, Mich.; Hastings High...
Paragraph 4: Provost Furniss' exact statement, as he sat in his office, was: "These gum-shoes are in and out of here every day." At the time, the conversation was concerned strictly with the FBI. The "every day" was placed in quotes purposely to indicate that it was not the author's report of a fact, but his repetition of what had been told him, in this case by the man most qualified to make such a statement...
Office workers found the detonating wires still lying on the floor, along with several Blackjack chewing gum wrappers. It was deduced that the gum was used to tamp the explosive into holes drilled in the safe door. The police found finger prints all over the place, but no one was over apprehended for the robbery...
...lingered in Traveler Gerasimov's memory. "The naked woman's body, like a national trademark," wrote Gerasimov, "has become the symbol of American commerce. Naked, seminaked, undressing and dressing women fill not only the films but the pages of magazines advertising food, clothing, automobiles, hotels, refrigerators, chewing gum and everything which in the opinion of the businessman would represent the vital interests of the people. The indecency of American advertising is indescribable...
Harvard's eight pulled down the river in short bursts, testing a variety of cadences. In the bow of his launch, Tom Bolles chewed gum, bellowed instructions through a megaphone and watched every move of his long-legged crew. A big man himself, he has no time for little men: "Unless he's six-feet-four and his hands hang down around his knees, he can't be a good oarsman." At Cambridge Bridge, the coach went wild yelling at a flock of dinghies to clear the course. In a practice spin at 2,000 meters...