Word: lieing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...what's more, the mice lie immobile to any music except Debussy's Danse Sacree and Danse Profane, and then only come to life midway through the opus...
Possibly he has "a malignant growth" in one cheek, Barkley continued to explain. At any rate, Mr. Bilbo must return to Mississippi. He might be there as long as two months. "I ask unanimous consent that his credentials lie on the table without prejudice and without action until such time as Mr. Bilbo may return...
Angrily Ike tried to slam on the brakes. Said he to a Florida newsman: "You know it's a lie. I never said anything of the kind." But then his foot slipped on the pedal. His next words sounded more like a dodge than an answer: "A man with no party affiliation could not even discuss running for President...
...killing of 10% of humanity . . . with atomic bombs might not destroy civilization. But the production of abnormalities in 10% of the population by gene mutations induced by radioactivity may very easily destroy it." Destruction need not be immediate; mutated genes are insidious skulkers. They may lie in wait for centuries in the germ plasm, spreading by intermarriage through the population. Then, when they get their chance, they kill the child in the womb, or burden it with physical or mental defects...
...first girl to be initiated was brought in, wearing a bathing suit and a blindfold. She was pale, trembling, and sweating. They made her lie on the floor, face up. Then one of the girls poured the concoction into her mouth...