Word: paired
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...borrowed a pair of long drawers that were too big, and a pair of pants that were too tight," he said. "I was uncomfortable all the time." The river camp to which the party repaired made him nervous-it floated on empty gasoline drums, and "when the Mississippi went up, the house went up with it." Furthermore, at 5 in the morning, everybody else decided to stay by the fire. Lamar and his then assistant, Turner L. Smith, dutifully set out with a guide-who quickly demonstrated that he was drunk by heading their powerboat straight for a grove...
...proud but nervous Air Force grounded the pair, with the impressive total of 30 MIGs between them. They were decorated in Seoul by President Rhee, then by the Air Force in Tokyo, then shipped home by four-engine air transport. Both aces, still spoiling for battle and for bigger records, said that they would ask for another tour of Sabre duty in Korea, rather than take desk jobs...
...Pankrac prison one day last week, one of the world's most celebrated political prisoners got unexpected visitors. Two U.S. Embassy officials called on Associated Press Correspondent William Oatis, 39, who had been in prison two years on a spying charge. They left two oddly matched articles-a pair of Argyle socks knitted by his wife, and his passport. The Embassy was acting on the suspicion that Oatis might need both for traveling. Fourteen hours later he did. Oatis was taken before a Czech Communist official and told that he had been freed. He was no more astounded than...
...customarily used by Foreign Minister Jeronimo Remorino. Under cover of darkness, they carried a grapefruit-size grenade toward the lonely curb where the car was parked, only to find that two cops had settled down in the car to escape a steady drizzle. The policemen chased and arrested the pair, winning $10.000 in rewards from Peron...
...pair of dandy Power-Gaps...