Word: layed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...usually runs the neutral into its own port, seizes its contraband cargo, and if more than 50% is contraband, condemns the ship. The neutral protests with as much vehemence as is compatible with the strength of its case. It may try to gain the ship's release, lay the basis for claims for damages after the war. If the belligerent captor, hard-pressed by enemy raiders, sinks the neutral vessel, procedure is for the crew and ship's papers to be taken off, the crew for the sake of humanity, the papers to establish the belligerent...
...this was small comfort for the Finns, who last week were harder pressed than ever by the Kremlin to come into the Soviet orbit. Finnish Minister to Sweden Juho Paasikivi and Finance Minister Väinö Tanner made another flying trip from Moscow back to Helsinki to lay before their government Dictator Stalin's "final offer." Mr. Tanner had hopes that "we can come to an agreement," reported that Tovarish Stalin had assumed personal charge of the Russian-Finnish negotiations. Negotiator Stalin was "very friendly and cordial" and smoked cigarets endlessly instead of the usual pipe...
...went for a ride in a tank across terrain which he quickly recognized. "In this very field once lay the dead bodies of German soldiers. A short distance away was a small hill where one morning I had seen a cavalry charge in a snowstorm. Now it was occupied by some of our mechanized troops who had never heard of that fight and stared at me when I told them about it as though incredulous...
Evashevski or no Evashevski, most football fans agreed last week that Tom Harmon will probably be named on every All-America this year and that Michigan not only should win its 15th Conference championship but might lay claim to the mythical championship of the U. S. Scanning the Midwestern Front, football experts saw no grave obstacle* in its march to the Big Ten title...
...still no sound. Vag tried the door and to his amazement it was unlocked. Warily he pushed it open, and there was an eerie creak of rusty hinges. The room was almost empty except for a case of ancient folios thick with dust. In the middle of the floor lay a strangely familiar volume--a decrepit volume. It lay open, and to Vag it said...