Word: lurker
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Kansas City's big Municipal Auditorium, soberly seeking God's guidance in the building of their new, united Methodist Church. In their deliberations there was evident pride in what they were doing, and a homely pood-fellowship which transcended sectional differences. Even the Negro Question, a fearsome lurker, was accidentally hauled out of its dark corner and given a pat on the back...
...there was a flurry of excitement just before the President shifted from train to motor car. A male figure in brown sweater and dark trousers was seen lurking by the road. Secret Service and police quickly threw a cordon around the President and beat the thick scrub for the lurker. He escaped, nothing happened. The President entered his car and rode 140 miles over the trestles built by the late Rail Tycoon Henry M. Flagler to lace the Florida Keys, converted by PWA from a defunct railroad into a $3,600,000 motor highway. At Key West, which WPA saved...
...number playing varied from 10 to 15 on a side according to how many came out for the afternoon's play. It was played with a round ball and started with a kick-off. An off-side player was called a "lurker" if he were not in motion. If in motion he could take part in the play like an on side man. Fair play was strictly and voluntarily adhered to by every player...
...midnight lurker saw this cemetery scene, took the motor license, notified police. Police would not reveal the names of the gravediggers other than to say that they were a Newark official, his sister with whom he lives, and a complaisant undertaker. Their explanation: they had buried Sport, 6. Irish terrier, family pet, whom their late mother, like a pagan warrior, had wished to keep beside her through eternity...