Word: pairing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Brazil, some misguided people vow that it increases sexual prowess, others are under the delusion that it makes a man impotent. In Haiti, they say it is the only thing that will cause Damballah and his wife Ayida Oueddo, a pair of the chief deities of the voodoo pantheon, to put in an appearance at a voodoo session. Chinese bankers have taken to serving it instead of tea, and Italian aristocrats offer it to their guests instead of champagne. Graceful gondolas carry it along the narrow canals of Venice, and sturdy, resigned burros tote it into the dusty Mexican hills...
...crew won the bet in the trial but the time cannot be disclosed. When they got back to the boat house, the rowers stripped Bolles to a pair of sweat pants and gently dunked...
...world's biggest: 40 yards wide and a full city block long. The no city-staff reporters are usually summoned to the city desk by a public-address system. From his desk at the south end of the city room, Turner Catledge occasionally uses a pair of binoculars to see which reporters are in at the north end. In this sea of faces (some 300 altogether, including copyreaders, assistant editors, re-writemen, etc.), many a young reporter's talent often tends to drown...
...attack, versatile Don Stewart will take Hatch's place between Gus Palacios and Pete Franklin. Stewart has seen service at both defense and goal; Palacios and Franklin are a pair of veterans who have been close behind Hatch in the Yardling scoring. Franklin's passing is sharp and accurate, while Palacios has a hard shot...
Cornell picked up another tally in the fifth on a pair of singles and a walk. Meanwhile, the Crimson had been scoreless, leaving seven men on base in the first seven innings...