Word: linings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Proper procedure: move forward, throw out anchor or a bucket with a line on it for a sea anchor. Put on a life preserver. Fix the engine...
Shirley reached Albert and seized his hand, "but when I pulled, I could see that his arm was just hanging by a thread." She slipped her arm around him and began to swim for the beach. When she was near enough, a fisherman threw her a line. After they were on the sand, Shirley, a Roman Catholic, scooped up some sea water and let it run over the head of her friend (who had never been baptized and belonged to no specific faith). "I baptize thee in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost,"* said Shirley...
...most fervent opponents of splits are old-line managements who feel that the high price of a stock is synonymous with quality. Splitting a blue chip selling at $100 so that it sells at $20 would wash out its blueness. Superior Oil of California takes a defiant pride in the fact that its stock sells at $1,850 a share...
Late in the game, Toronto cinched the game, however, as its scrum half scored by picking the ball out of the scrum, an action that is illegal, according to the rule books, and diving over the goal line...
...Crimson team's attack was hampered by the Stadium playing field, 25 yards narrower than regulation. The Crimson's faster three quarter line was prevented from running around the opposition's end because of the close side lines...