Word: lied
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...assured that the mule will be brunet in type and of a calm and equitable dispesition, but we cannot guarantee where its sympathies will lie...
...Occupants of twelve houses" near New Straitsville were evacuated when the foundations buckled. The town's $80,000 schoolhouse is considered in danger. A farmer named Rush dug roasted potatoes out of his ruined garden. Twelve million tons of coal have been destroyed, and 28,000,000 more lie along the paths of the fire's slow advance. Attempts have been made to head off the fire by sinking cement walls, by forcing steam underground, by diverting a creek into a shaft. All failed...
...bigger the lie, says Father Summers, the bigger the jiggle. This year Providence, R. I. police let him use the machine on a woman suspected of theft. When she denied committing the crime herself, the needle moved mildly. When she denied knowing who had committed it, the needle jumped. In court it was established that the woman actually was an accomplice...
Baseball endears itself to the U. S. public because it is a game of figures, but the statistics of Hubbell's record, though they do not lie, tell only part of his story. The co-holders of the record for consecutive pitching victories were aided either by luck, strong batting by teammates, or weak opposition. Hubbell's victories have been, almost without exception, against the best pitchers in the league. In most of them his teammates made less than five runs. All 16 were achieved in the thick of an uphill fight to win the Pennant...
...present he's going to lie low and take a good look around before rushing into any extra-curricular activity. May join the Student Union later on, if he likes the platform, and will probably take up swimming in the winter. Other than that the first thing he's going to do is join the Coop; they don't have any in Oklahoma...