Word: rested
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...June, an "intelligent looking spaniel," had to be sent to Morristown, New Jersey dog hospital for rest and rehabilitation
...object of penny-pitching is, like in most competitive contests, to win. This is done by prepelling a penny through the air and/or along the pavement in such a manner that the coin comes to rest closer to a wall (at which the competitors are presumably aiming) than the coppers thrown by the other contestants...
...based on the expectation that next year's Council will spend $5000, as did this year's. There is considerable room for a reduction of this figure. The largest expenditure this year was $1550 for the NSA, most of which went for representatives' expenses to various conventions. The rest of the budget consists of many small items. The total of these is greatly increased by the lack of any coordination in spending. The Council approves an expenditure, and a committee chairman takes care of it in his own way. For example, the Council's printing this year was handled...
...marathon match was necessitated because the number four singles was played three hours ahead of the rest of the match and late afternoon rain forced some of the games into the Brookline Country Club that evening...
Retreat. In San Diego, William Springer, awaiting trial on a charge of theft, observed that, since he never got lonely in jail, he would like to spend the rest of his life there "with one afternoon off a week for shopping...