Word: packed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...British Crown than most of his great brother princes. His people are primitive Dravidians, his realm is small, he pays no tribute and is left pretty much to himself by the British Raj. Dearer to him than his elaborate pedigree, as imaginative as it is long, is his pack of 80 police dogs. Trained to hunt man, the pack has proved a failure at hunting India's leopards and black bucks, a success at frightening the citizens of Athgarh...
...Ambassadors of the Great Powers, though invited to be present by Speaker Göring, stayed home to a man. But except for the gaping diplomatic box the rest of Kroll Opera House was pack-jammed. Tramp, tramp, tramp, the brown-shirted Deputies marched to their orchestra seats. The lone little man in civilian grey in a front seat was Deputy Dr. Alfred Hugenberg, onetime "Hearst of Germany'' before Nazis regimented the Press. Smartly the Reichstag aisles were closed by S. S. Storm Troops, pistols on hips...
...Physical Review, they brought out further details. They are inclined to believe supernovae explode so violently that they cease to exist as ordinary stars. On the surface protons and electrons coalesce into neutrons; the neutrons "rain" down toward the centre of gravity and, having no repellent electrical charges, pack close together. End product is a "neutron star"?a small, dead, enormously dense lump of matter...
...Altoona, Pa., the Order of Yellow Dogs solemnly initiated Charles Michael Schwab into its pack. Steelman Schwab set up the required ''night howl" by yelping: "I have been presented to the Royalty of Europe, and I could not remember their names and told them so. I cannot remember the terrible names of your officers, and so I shall just call you brother dogs." Remembering the Yellow Dogs' mission, he added: "I assure you I shall not forget my obligations to the underdog...
...grisly spills such as punctuate the Madison Square Garden grinds. As a rule the riders bowl along in a good-humored cluster, sprint near the end of the run for the daily prize money. On the windy seacoasts they take turns riding on the windward side of the pack. One race was so swift and grim that after the finish a rider was reported to have bought a train ticket over the route so that he could inspect the scenery...