Word: pack
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...this complacent state, they put down first at Moscow en route to Peking. Heading the pack was former Prime Minister Clement Attlee, accompanied by Nye Bevan, Labor Party Secretary Morgan Phillips, Labor Chairman Wilfred Burke, onetime Minister of National Insurance Edith Summerskill and Trade Union Leaders Harry Earnshaw, Sam Watson and Harry Franklin. Moscow's richest and reddest carpets were rolled out. A flecon of Russia's finest perfume, "The Spirit of the Red Army," was waiting in her hotel room to greet Dr. Summerskill, the only woman in the party. Soviet Premier Georgy Malenkov even went...
Spectacular as the mile was, for sheer drama the 26-mile marathon dominated the games. Just 20 minutes after Bannister's victory, England's Jim Peters staggered into the stadium far ahead of the long-distance pack. Suddenly his stride fell apart into an awful, staggering dance. He dropped to his knees and began to crawl up the track...
...earnestly: "I intend to intensify my campaign ... I give them credit for being as sincere as I am. When public sentiment has decided the issue, I am ready to shut up . . .But there are times when Samson has to take the jawbone of an ass and whip a pack of Philistines...
...pack in small parcels has always been the hallmark of a fool...
Penalty Tour. In Toronto, Canadian Air Force Veteran William Bagler was given 21 days in jail after he took out his spite against his wife by dressing her in pajamas and an R.C.A.F. raincoat, putting a knapsack full of bricks on her back, making her march a pack drill in the basement of their home...