Word: miss
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...witness stand, Miss Miller, smart in a blue tailored suit, told a sympathetic jury that Ross Wyatt had wooed her and pursued her for seven years; had kissed her the week he hired her as his secretary in 1931; had threatened to kill her brother if he interfered; had sworn to kill "both of you" if he found her going with another man. There were no real intimacies, said she: kisses and hugs, love letters, slaps, hair-pullings, finally escape to Chicago...
...damaged a German cruiser. This evened the count. It is extremely difficult for one submarine to sink another. Maneuvering for position requires great technical skill, and it is almost impossible to attack if the submarine is submerged. If the range is under 250 yards, the torpedo is likely to miss, and at short range the explosion of a torpedo is dangerous to the attacker as well as to the attacked. During the four years of World War I, British submarines got only 19 U-boats...
...former "Miss America" (1927); his second wife; in Reno...
...Pontotoc, Miss., two-and-a-half-year-old Keith McKnight fell into an empty 54-foot well. When his mother shouted: "Are you down there, Keith?", Keith replied: "Yes, and I'm dirty...
...championship races at Sun Valley last winter, Miss McKean bettered Dick Durrance's slalom records by six seconds, an amazing accomplishment for a girl...