Word: pound
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...February of 1958, however, David Wang, a segregationist who wanted to nominate Ezra Pound for the Presidency, spoke in Lowell Lecture Hall to an unfriendly audience that jeered and booed...
Later, apparently to show newsmen what might have happened, he drove them to a minor hydroelectric substation 70 miles outside Kolwezi, aimed a six-pound artillery piece at it and pulled the lanyard. The shot was right on target. The substation, apparently loaded with dynamite, disintegrated while Tshombe guffawed. As a final act of obstreperousness he had Peacemaker Houard thrown...
...tried out first as animal feed but there seems to be no reason why it shou d not be fed to humans too. Produced in marketable quantities, it may turn out to be a bargain. Low-grade oil sells tor slightly more than 1? per lb., and a pound of good protein has the nutrient value of 5 lbs. of lean meat...
Although the word "brutality" was never openly mentioned, Washington's defense hinged around the fact that the 220-pound Boston policeman whom he is accused of assaulting (Washington weighs 134 pounds) used excessive roughness and that he exceeded his authority when he and his partner apprehended Washington last week for "being abroad in the nighttime...
Fred Pereira wrestled his way in the 177-pound class to the finals of the tournament, but was stopped twice by Army's Natvig, last years national champion at 147 pounds...