Word: neither
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pound class produced a draw between Dave Bird and Andy Lewis, both of Kirkland. Both employed several punishing holds but neither was able to hold his advantage and no points were scored...
Insistent Mumble. He talked just under an hour (his father once filibustered 15½ hours straight), and after a fast start, his oratory became only a pale reflection of his father's roaringest. But neither he nor any of his Southern colleagues extended themselves. They didn't have to: the sessions lasted only from noon to dinner; everyone had plenty of time to rest. The filibusterers were satisfied to maintain their legislative blockade with a kind of insistent mumble, waiting for the Administration to get tired, or make a mistake...
Perle Mesta's parties are neither so fancy nor so noisy as Mrs. Evalyn McLean's, so exclusive as Mrs. Truxtun Beale's, so smart as Mme. Bonnet's at the French embassy. Her menus are adequate but not sumptuous. At the Alben Barkley dinner last week, the 24 guests had turtle soup, filet of beef, peas, browned potatoes, aspic salad, and a rum-and-ice-cream dessert...
...endure only if its members agree on a body of essential principles and purposes. In a free society, the agreement cannot be forced; but it must be present nonetheless. For centuries, Western man believed in the Natural Moral Law as expounded by Aristotle, Aquinas, Blackstone. This law was found neither in legislation nor divine revelation (although it posits the existence of God); it is achieved by examining human nature and reaching legal rules based on the findings. In practice, the most notable expression of Natural Moral Law was, and is, the English common law. Under the acceptance of Natural Moral...
...last 10 seconds of a five minute overtime period, Jim Downey sank a driving layup shot to clinch a 56 to 55 victory for the freshman basketball team over Yale. The hair-raising finish was typical of the game in which neither team ever had more than a five point lead...