Word: kept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...living in China, my father introduced me to books of Vladimir Sirin, which was Nabokov's pseudonym at that time. The first books that I read were The Luzhin Defence; King, Queen, Knave; Invitation to an Execution and some delightful short stories written in Russian. I kept all of his books for years, reading them over and over until they resembled worn-out library books; unfortunately, I lost them in a fire during the war in Manila...
...NCAA ruling that kept Harvard and two other Ivy Schools out of District playoffs for the NCAA World Series will be the main topic of discussion at a meeting of the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League tomorrow in New York...
...himself to house football last year, Kalinoski only sustained a broken finger and seemed headed toward his first healthy baseball season. "It was the day baseball practice started, and although I didn't have a restless night, I woke up that morning with a retorn cartilage," Kalinoski said. He kept silent about the injury for three weeks...
...average American--Well, 'average' is a bad word--if most Americans knew how it really felt to live in a ghetto, they would want to do something about it." Whether or not this qualifies as misguided liberal optimism, it probably does explain why Gilligan has kept on trying in Ohio politics...
...passage we kept by two sturdy porters named Riches and Poverty, and the latter obstinately refused to give Entrance to any who had first gain'd the Favour of the former ..." --Benjamin Franklin, 1772, Dogwood Paper...