Word: lawn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jailbait. In Philadelphia, sirens wailed and searchlights glared across Eastern State Penitentiary's front lawn as well-armed cops cautiously approached a man who was quite obviously excavating a tunnel into the prison. Things quieted down when the suspect turned out to be digging worms...
This week the nation, and the world, marked the second anniversary of V-J day, an occasion when President Harry Truman, jubilant with the fresh news of victory, told a cheering crowd on the White House lawn: "This is the day when fascism and police government ceases in the world...
...Indian Big Business.* He owns six newspapers, an airline, a big insurance company, a bank and most of India's cement factories. He also has four wives. Last month Businessman Dalmia, a Hindu, summoned the press to pink lemonade, vanilla ice cream and green gage plums on the lawn of his big house in New Delhi. Then he read a 2,500-word statement. "I ask that people treat the cow and look after it as well as they look after their mother."† Soon thereafter, his six newspapers began referring to Dalmia as president of the "Cow Protection...
Frankenstein. In Rumford, Me., Lawrence Liberty was hustled to the hospital after his power lawn mower got away from him, ran him down...
...rate, her comfortable interior soon filled the gap, and until the end of the year, Esmerelda heard no harsh words. Sometimes a small line would gather patiently on the lawn outside, waiting for a chance...