Word: paired
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...government officials and our press appear to be behaving like a pair of sulky boys who have been bested in a foot race. The moon race can teach us Americans a lesson in humility, which is probably more valuable than first place in a prestige contest...
...assurance as he walked into the bright, mirrored, roomy barber shop and ordered a haircut; he closed his eyes contentedly as he felt the clippers on his thick neck. He was completely oblivious of two dark, sallow men who entered with their hats on, after him. Each of the pair wore the sort of dark, metal-rimmed glasses affected by highway cops. Each wore a scarf over his mouth. Each wore a black glove on his right hand, and each black hand gripped a pistol. They pushed the barber aside and stood on either side of the chair...
...bosses were furious, astonished. Even victorious France and Britain were maintaining stiff controls to ration their meager austerity. From existing legal supplies each West German could expect to get one pair of shorts every 18 years, one pair of socks every 29 years, a suit every 98 years. "How dare you relax our rationing system when you have a shortage of goods?" raged one officer. Replied Erhard jubilantly: "I have not relaxed rationing; I have abolished it." To his countrymen he proclaimed: "The only ration ticket now is the mark." He asked for an interview with U.S. General Lucius Clay...
Burke and Crouthamel, the two halfbacks, made the majority of carries, and it is unlikely that the Crimson will again face as devastating a pair of runners this season. The first two plays of the game set the tone for the entire first half, with Burke running for six yards through right guard and then Crouthamel going for five more in the same spot...
...first-period touchdown, sent his ends deep, while his backs held onto the ball as if they never meant to pass. When Miami's defenders finally decided that those ends were merely a decoy, they moved up close to the line, and the Tarheel trap sprang shut. A pair of running passes set up North Carolina's second touchdown, and the Tarheels were out front for keeps...