Word: meekly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ZELMA H. MEEK Acampo, Calif...
Crossroads. A vast (100,000-square-mile) basin watered by two great rivers, the Danube and the Tisza, and completely ringed around by mountains, the Magyars' new home was a richly fertile and well protected fortress, but no sheltered hideaway for the shy or the meek. Located at the crossroads of the historical highways along which the crusaders of Christendom would press toward the East and raiding Asian conquerors would drive south and west in endlessly repeated waves, the Danube basin had already been overrun and evacuated by dozens of conquerors before Arpad arrived. To ensure their own survival...
...Hello, Ma'am," said McKeon stiffly. "Your son was one of the finest boys in my platoon, and I am terribly sorry this all happened." Replied Mrs. Meek: "The Lord says don't hate nobody. If you're guilty, you will be punished." Replied McKeon: "If I'm guilty, I would rather be punished here than in the hereafter." Tears came to his eyes. Then he braced himself, disciplined his emotion, set his face sternly. He returned to the auditorium and to the scene of his trial...
Hero Glenn Ford is discovered in the guise of a meek and peace-loving storekeeper. Everybody in Cross Creek knows he hasn't packed a gun or tipped a glass in four years. But Glenn breaks out in a sweat whenever anybody mentions the shooting over at Silver Rapids. What's worse, he doesn't even pitch horseshoes with the old gang any more. Finally he bolts from the store, jounces into the saloon and announces, "I would like to go out of my mind." With the help of a bottle of raw hooch, he darn near...
...Vellucci, a man of vision, does not let the first sweet taste of defeat embitter him. He almost succeeded in pushing through a City Council confiscation order Tuesday which would have left the University a meek rubble of brick, mortar, and Ibi. He foresaw glistening acres of tarmac parking space which would extend as far as the eye could see, asserting yet another advance of Urban Renewal. To avenge his initial defeat, which came by an encouragingly scant one-vote margin, Al will again propose seizure of University property, this time "by eminent domain." It is gratifying to know that...