Word: rolls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Abington," cried the clerk, as he began the roll call...
Prime Minister Nehru and other Indian global spokesmen show a tolerance of Communism which seems to be for export only. At home, government pressure on Communists has helped to roll back their influence in recent months. Last week India's Communist party got another blow: the national Parliament (with only one dissenting vote) approved the extension of a law permitting the government to jail Communists (and black marketeers) without trial. The law, however, requires the police to consult with a board of retired judges on such arrests...
Despite the cut, Fleischmann said that durable goods would continue to roll off U.S. production lines "in most instances at levels never attained before 1949 and 1950." Even the pace-setting auto industry will not be as hard hit as many a Gloomy Gus had predicted...
Americans seem to have a consuming interest in snakes. They must be told repeatedly that there is no such thing as 1) a hoop snake, which is supposed to put its tail in its mouth and roll downhill when frightened, or 2) a milk snake, which is supposed to sneak into barns and milk cows, or 3) a cannibal snake, which supposedly eats its young. Another bump of curiosity is excited by the Old Testament. Questioners want to know if Adam was divorced (from Lilith, according to Jewish folklore); whom Cain married (possibly his sister Awan); who was Noah...
...British subject, found himself an English girl. But like many a refugee, he thought frequently of the sights & sounds of home. Antolin at 50 was an honest and troubled man. His visit to Madrid, under the Franco amnesty, was to help him decide once for all if he could roll back ten years, give up England and return to Spain and his family...