Word: neighborhood
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Under New York's Baumes (four-times-is-out) law, conviction would automatically jail him for life. Steve Dutton didn't give it a thought. Before the judge he pleaded not guilty: seems he was passing a building in his neighborhood when he remembered that the paper cutter inside was his own property years ago. He broke in, dismantled the 6,000-lb. machine, horse-carted it to a junkman to be sold...
...brick bungalows mushroomed up in North Austin, he and his flock kept up steady personal evangelism on their own blocks. Their slogan was, "When you see a moving van, spend a nickel," referring to their pastor's request that any member who saw a moving van in his neighborhood call Dr. Otterbein so that he could go right over...
...anniversary of the 'shot heard 'round the world' we recall with pride the historic past. We do so most happily in surroundings which commemorate the zeal and piety of your forebears, and also the munificence of one who in our time has restored to their pristine beauty in this neighborhood many of the loveliest monuments of a bygone...
...understand on good authority that in certain poulterers' shops in the neighborhood of London certain birds are being exhibited and sold, which should certainly not be permitted. The birds in question are the goosander, red-breasted merganser, and last, but by no means least, the great-crested grebe! Ironically enough the grebe is being sold as a "shuffleduck...
...sets of the push-button variety. For instance, Chicago's WLS will move from 870 to 890 on the dial; New York's WABC from 860 to 880. For the privilege of enjoying automatic tuning after reallocation, U. S. listeners will have to spend in the neighborhood...