Word: pile
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Inspector Dew of Scotland Yard bent down and carefully removed it from the cellar floor. Ten minutes later, he sat on a pile of earth and stared in disgust at the putrid and dismembered remains of Belle Crippen. Some months later, Belle's husband, Dr. Hawley Crippen, was brought to trial for her murder. The penny press played him up as Britain's own Bluebeard, and the scandal provided some of the least savory sensations of the Edwardian era. Dr. Crippen was convicted, and on Nov. 23, 1910, he went to the gallows, protesting his innocence...
...parents and crotchety grandma, Billy manufactures absurd complications in his personal life. For a starter, he perpetually fabricates deceptions--apparently for the sheer adventure of extricating himself from the embarrassments which result. A neighbor inquires after his father: Billy unnecessarily invents disease and surgery. As the contradictions pile up, his lies grow more extravagant and improbable...
...every businessman knows, litigation of commercial quarrels can be agonizingly slow and annoyingly expensive. In many U.S. cities it takes months or years to bring a suit to trial; beyond that lie the delays of appeal. Meanwhile, costs pile up and claims remain unpaid. There is many a program for speeding up justice but reform, too, moves slowly...
...Crimson trackmen could pile up a big lead in tonight's field events. Chris Pardee should win the high jump with B.C.'s Dick Clarke a likely second place. Jay Mahaney and Don Forte rank one-two among the area's pole vaulters...
...minutes later, got two more, within 20 seconds of each other, before Kinasewich finally broke Gere's shutout. Dartmouth's Hayes finished the scoring and got his hat trick at 14:06 of the final period on a shot that Sweitzer never saw as it skittered through the pile of players in front...