Word: hook
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...using Alpinists' gear-hook, rope and nylon sling-they reached the top safely, but cracked off a piece of the spire on the way down. The crash brought a policeman. Oxford's long-suffering town fathers found the two guilty of "public mischief," but postponed sentence, "to see what [the students] will do in the way of compensation...
...Halifax Harbor, George Chaisson reeled in after two hours without a bite. On his hook was a soggy $5 bill...
...fisherman in Port Arthur, Ont. claimed a double strike on his two-hook line. A fish grabbed one hook, a bat gobbled the other. The intrepid angler landed both fish & foul...
...self-righteous airs, the movie does not practice what it preaches. The point of the action seems to be that a smart, ambitious telephone repairman (Edmond O'Brien) can cut himself in on the $8 billion if he applies his knowledge to the gambling racket. By hook, crook and electronics, Hero O'Brien works himself up to a high living standard, 36 changes of clothes and a love affair with another big shot's blue-blooded wife (Joanne...
...armed forces. It ordered censorship-at-the-source on such specific military information as strength of units, status of equipment, date of sailing time, etc. But there was still nothing but individual judgment to prevent newspapers from publishing such information if their reporters got it on their own hook...