Word: rans
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...pattern established in the first two meets with Providence and Northeastern, sophomore stalwart Doug Hardin raced home alone in first place and senior Jim Smith won a battle for third. But in the first two losses, that was where-the first two losses, that was where-the Crimson strength ran out. Yesterday, it was just the beginning...
Nobody had to. Dirksen got expected support from most Republicans and Southern Democrats, but he ran into a formidable obstacle in the form of North Carolina Democrat Sam Ervin, whose concern for the Constitution rivals Dirksen's passion for prayer. "For God's sake," bellowed Ervin, "and for freedom's sake, let us not vest arbitrary permission power in school boards." When the vote came, Dirksen never really had a prayer. Though he won a 49-to-37 majority, he fell nine short of the two-thirds margin required to amend the Constitution...
...leaped out of bed and followed the sound down the hallway to Valerie's room. Inside, she saw a shadowy figure bent over Valerie's bed. The intruder instantly straightened up, whirled about and transfixed Loraine Percy in the blinding glare of a powerful flashlight. Screaming, she ran back to the master bedroom, where she punched a wall button that set off a rooftop burglar-alarm siren...
...husband at once ran to Valerie's room and switched on the lights. The girl, piteously mutilated, lay blood-soaked and inert. Loraine Percy felt a faint pulse. While she swabbed the blood from Valerie's face with a pillowcase, Chuck Percy telephoned Dr. Robert P. Hohf, a neighbor...
Religious controversies inflame emotions, and a vote against prayer for even the best constitutional and moral reasons still leaves a senator open to a demagogic attack in his next campaign. Mail ran heavily in favor of the amendment, and even though most religious groups denounced the Dirksen proposal, one Billy Graham is worth a dozen church organizations in political potency...