Word: kept
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Secretary of State could keep the Communists out, as the Communists had kept the Americans out of Russian territory. Or he could let them in, label them well and let them talk their heads off. He issued the visas-and a frosty statement that the U.S. "entertains no illusions as to the manner in which the Communists will attempt to use and manipulate the present conference...
...Last week all Boston knew the story of Anna Sullivan and the illegitimate child she sought to hide from the world. In the dingy Roxbury Crossing police station, 13-year-old Gerald, an otherworldly child with the flabby frame of a sickly girl, told his story. His mother had kept him locked in a bare, tiny, lightless room as far back as he could remember. She had brought him food on a tray, but he was forever hungry. Now & then she gave him a few marbles or a comic book...
...city marshal sell off Mrs. Phillips' assets-her house and lot-to satisfy the court order. Pearson was the only bidder, and he offered $26.50. A year later, as required by law, the marshal delivered the deed to Pearson. During those twelve months, Mrs. Phillips could have kept her home by paying the $26.50 plus a $25 marshal's fee. She says nobody told her that...
...sound & fury failed. Kept alert by strong black coffee, sleeping by turns inside the chamber, the anti-Communists outlasted their opponents. By a brisk vote of 342-170, De Gasperi sailed through with authority to join the Atlantic pact (he had still to win Senate approval). Togliatti bawled: "You will have to reckon with the Italian people!" Fellow Traveler Nenni echoed: "The fight has just begun!" Government supporters triumphantly sang the national anthem-"Brothers of Italy ... of Italy awakened." Marxists responded with Garibaldi's defiant old war chant-"Foreigners, get out of Italy...
...West was in Berlin to stay. Announcing that the airlift would be stepped up once more, the U.S. commander, Brigadier General Frank Howley, declared last Sunday: "Tomorrow is the first day of spring. Neither the Soviet blockade at the Elbe nor winter's ice or snow have kept food, medical aid and coal from coming into the city. Attempts to scare the population have failed ... It must be clear even to the densest and most ill-willed Communists that their tactics are not succeeding...