Word: reliefers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...suggested that we apply for relief rations since we were not receiving pay. So I went to the one little village store and stood in line in the lantern-lighted back room, to state our case to the county relief agent. He, not a Catholic, though surprised was immediately interested and agreed that we were entitled to share in the ration issue. He made us a substantial allowance which was a lifesaver (though he did mark me down as drawing the allotment for myself "and family of nine...
...what Russia was now trying to do in Europe. The Kremlin had two main objectives: 1) to wipe out or reduce U.S. power on the Continent, and 2) to stop Western Union. On objective No. 1 the Russians' Berlin crisis had backfired. By committing itself to the relief of Berlin the U.S. had committed itself more deeply than ever to the defense of Europe. The very vulnerability of the U.S. military position in Berlin taught the lesson of how necessary it was to have force on the spot. On their objective No. 2, however, the Russians had made some...
...nine-or sixteen. This mathematical inexactitude did not trouble Cleveland's President Bill Veeck last week. For all Veeck cared, Satchel might be "two or three decades" older than the next man-as long as he could pitch. Bob Feller had told Veeck that Paige was the relief man the league-leading Indians so desperately needed...
...reported $10,000 for the rest of the season), Bill Veeck watched him throw about 50 assorted pitches to Manager Lou Boudreau, second best hitter in the American League. Only three or four were wide of the plate, and most of them had stuff. In his two-inning relief debut against the St. Louis Browns three days later, Satchel allowed two singles, no runs, struck out one, walked nobody...
...date version of Romeo & Juliet, in which Juliet ("a nice, retiring person . . . the sort who hates being conspicuous") is put to shame by the amorous frenzy of Romeo. This tale teems with the wit for which France was once famed, and brings a genuine touch of comic relief to a world of despair...