Word: laking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Suspicious of city revolutions, the tough Andinos (Andeans) of the west held out for awhile, then joined the rebels. So did the garrisons around the great Maracaibo Lake oilfields. The revolution had won, but the price had been heavy: 100 to 300 dead, 300 to 1,000 wounded...
Short Circuit. In Salt Lake City, escaping convicts Jack Allen and David Duvall threw a switch to cut off the prison's electric power, sounded the general alarm instead, trapped themselves...
Hiding High. In Salt Lake City, Detectives Stanley Butcher and E. J. Steinfeldt went hunting for two teen-age truants, found them perched on top of a church steeple...
After five days away, Harry Truman had returned to Washington refreshed and fit, and more than ever in a hurry to get things done. While others fished at Reelfoot Lake, Tenn., he had two days of walking, loafing, taking a not-very-frequent drink, playing poker and sleeping late (until 8 o'clock one morning). He had his picture taken while giving a playful spank to moppet Mike Moffet. Back at his desk he swiftly cleaned up the accumulation of routine. One of his first decisions: to try to add Nashville, Tenn., and its James K. Polk sesquicentennial celebration...
...Bred. In Salt Lake City, Mrs. Grace Irvine complained that burglars had not only carried off her portable radio but left a ring in the bathtub...