Word: quirks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tyranny . . . The people who are supporting this plan are either very dumb or they're simply dishonest." The whole plan would work out, cried Kline, to the disadvantage of the efficient farmer, "the guy who has tried to keep his hogs sweet and healthy and with a quirk in their tails...
...State Department does not look with favor on this means of getting in touch with people on the other side of the barrier," he declared. "They have the idea that it will be construed as an invasion of sovereignty by the Russian government. Through some queer quirk of diplomatic reasoning, it is no invasion to shoot our words across on electromagnetic waves in the other, but it is not quite cricket to send printed material across. That's a little too unconventional. In some way it is rather raw. It is not in accordance with the niceties of diplomatic practice...
First baseman Hank Durham is the largest offensive threat of the Indians. The big infielder has displayed tremendous power on various occasions, shining on a team which includes at least three other men who are dangerous at the plate. Al Quirk will probably be ready for the game, and will be Coach Eddie Jeremiah's choice for starting pitcher...
...starting lineups: HARVARD DARTMOUTH Gannon, cf Frechette, c Roche, rf McNeil, 2b Caulfield, 1f Mueller, cf Coulson, 1b Durham, 1b Crosby, ss Barr, rf Huntington, 2b Dey, 1f Essayen, c Bray, ss Coppinger, 3b Ferguson, 3b Connolly, p Quirk...
...phone, Pat was cautious at first. He asked Bill to name the members of the family; living and dead. Billy did not miss one. Pat began to recognize the "Choctaw drawl." Why had he hidden out all these years? "Just a quirk," said Billy. What about the man in Mexico? "I left that raincoat in an El Paso restaurant in 1908," Billy explained...