Word: pound
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pound time bomb that detonated in Hitler's East Prussian field headquarters on July 20, 1944 killed four men around him, but left a barely injured Hitler alive to take a terrible revenge. He had thousands of suspects rounded up - field marshals, trade-union leaders, ambassadors, mayors, army officers, politicians. Many were jailed or slain. The eight ringleaders were tortured for days by Gestapo experts. Finally. Hitler said: "It is my wish that they be hanged like cattle." The eight were stripped, and as they shivered in the chilly dawn, their necks were encircled by short, thin string attached...
SUGAR GLUT in the world markets is knocking the props out from under wholesale prices. Bumper crops in Cuba and in other major producing areas sent prices down to 3.05? a pound (v. 1951's high of 8.12?), well under the 3.25? minimum set by the International Sugar Conference...
...Nauseam Hollywood has found that the best way to get the entertainment seeker away from the TV set, short of turning out better films, is to go after him in advertising copy-bombard him with sex, pound him with superlatives and stab him with exclamation points...
...most handsome of American turnpikes. It has authorized 27 rest and dining stations along the way, and will regulate them with an iron hand. Sample rules: a cup of coffee will mean exactly seven ounces and will cost 10? a frankfurter must weigh at least one-ninth of a pound and be served with a choice of relish and mustard; authorized repair garages must provide "comfortable accommodations" for stranded drivers to wait while mechanics tinker with their cars...
...near the municipal post office for briefing. In deep secrecy, lest the cow owners foil their plans, the posses deployed to strategic spots in the city, blocking off the ends of streets and side alleys. Their main idea was to trap the vagrants and drive them into a temporary pound, but time and again the cornered cows would charge their pursuers and escape, frightening the wits and the sleep out of many Delhi citizens dozing in cots on the streets. When finally trapped, the cows would lie down and 8 or 10 people would have to roll each beast...