Word: prolongment
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...their buglike [deflated] resting shape. When the worms are disturbed they clamp onto anything within reach-in this instance the inside of the duck's mouth or throat. By distention when filled with blood they then either choke the bird to death ... or work into the nostrils and prolong the agony. The reeds are full of choking birds. "At Stobart Lake we chased lightly afflicted birds in a boat over the bodies of thousands . . . floating upon the water in all stages of decomposition. . . . Captured birds, removed to the Inglewood government bird sanctuary . . . have recovered rapidly after removal...
...that Chilcote should have been. His speech arouses cheers. He falls in love with Chilcote's lovely estranged wife (Elissa Landi), does his best to dismiss vampirish Lady Joyce (Juliette Compton). Chilcote's faithful servant Brock (Halliwell Hobbes) is party to the deception, helps prolong it until Chilcote is dead and Loder has nothing but a War scar on his wrist to remind him that he has been a masquerader...
...duty at 7 a. m., beat a 9:15 deadline by three minutes. With NewT Orleans' four papers now squarely lined up in two opposing camps, the first hostile act was not long forthcoming. The States maintained its price of 3?. (The Times-Picayune costs 5?.) The Item, proLong evening paper, reduced the price of its "Blue Streak" late afternoon sports final to a penny...
...duty at 7 a. m., beat a 9:15 deadline by three minutes. With NewT Orleans' four papers now squarely lined up in two opposing camps, the first hostile act was not long forthcoming. The States maintained its price of 3?. (The Times-Picayune costs 5?.) The Item, proLong evening paper, reduced the price of its "Blue Streak" late afternoon sports final to a penny...
President had two good reasons for wanting the Capitol promptly vacated: 1) the World Economic Conference which opened in London June 12 (see p. 16); 2) War Debt payments falling due June 15. Because his voice carries farther on the floor than off, many a Senator itched to prolong the session and harangue Washington and the world on these twin subjects, imparting advice to the U. S. delegation in London, flaying foreign debtors about to default. The President was tired and wanted to get away this week on his own vacation which included a sail up the New England coast...