Word: leapt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...publish College poets. The level of the poetry far exceeds that of the last issue, and includes three runners you normally find in The Advocate's stable. Editor James Manchester Robinson hasn't shortened his name by a syllable; but his judgment, or perhaps the material on hand, leapt far and handsomely (if you neglect his continued pre-occupation with poetry as a graphic device, so garishly splashed across the center-fold). Sandy Kaye, Arthur Freeman and Stephen Sandy contribute good stuff...
...great mind leapt to the peak...
...heart leapt high, spurned Death...
...electrodes before my eyes. These were little shining steel clips, elongated and toothed, what telephone engineers call 'crocodile' clips. He attached one of them to the lobe of my right ear and the other to a finger on the same side. Suddenly, I leapt in my bonds and shouted with all my might. C- had just sent the first electric charge through my body. A flash of lightning exploded next to my ear and I felt my heart racing. I struggled, screaming, and stiffened myself until the straps cut into my flesh . . . Rhythmically, C- repeated a single question...
...near Warsaw decided to stage a march on the Russian embassy, gathering support as they went along. It was 2 a.m. when the cardinal awoke to find a young student standing by his bed. The student explained the plan, and warned: "They are going to march at 4." Wyszynski leapt from his bed and sped to the college, where he roused the students and announced that he would say Mass. The would-be demonstrators thought that he was blessing their cause, and when Mass was over, they listened eagerly as he rose to preach. Quietly the cardinal told them what...