Word: laddered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...addition of Joe Clark and Henry Foster makes Jack Barnaby's outfit the favorite in today's match. Clark is competing in his first match of the season; both he and Foster are working their way up the ladder since recovering from injuries...
Balancing gingerly on slippery, icesheathed ladders, firemen hacked with axes at the stubborn screens and bars, taking costly long minutes. Finally they clambered inside. They found one woman, two hours after the fire had started, seated calmly on her third-floor bed; her nightgown was partially coated with ice and she was surrounded by fallen debris. "Are you all right?" a fireman asked. "I think so," she said. Taking her by the hand, he led her to a ladder at an open window. "Some of them were like animals who had something new happening to them and didn...