Word: savely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Trying to smile for photographers, Evdokia wept instead, covered her face with both hands. Scores jumped the fence onto the field, broke past police lines to tug at Evdokia and strike at her guards. Witnesses said they heard her cry in Russian: "I don't want to go! Save me!" before she was hustled aboard...
...Lowell House sophomore has devised a method to save fellow Bellboys from the crushing Lamont Library fine system. By placing their books in a wooden box the night before, Lowell men can wake up at 11 a.m. and find themselves only 10 to 25 cents poorer. Without the service, late risers might incur losses as high as two dollars per book...
...quite all alone, it seemed: "I ask the people to be there to mark their remembrance of what was done to save the independence of France, which they intend to preserve. I ask the veterans of both wars and of Indo-China to surround the monument. The garrison of Paris will have to be there for honors and the sounding of trumpets, the glorious police of Paris to keep order. All of us ... will speak not a single word, will utter not a single cry. Above the calm of this immense silence will float the soul of France...
...said Sergeant K. "The Viets are being polite." Two hours later, it was time for us to head back to Hanoi, and Sergeant K. radioed brief word down to the defenders of Dienbienphu: "End for me. See you tomorrow." As Luciole turned homeward, the drop-zone lights blinked out save for one lone navigation beacon in the dark, a bright symbol of the garrison's famous stand...
...Pont de Nemours & Co. (assets: $668,587,711); in Wilmington, Del. Du Pont developed the first practical smokeless powder (1893), during World War I made a fortune supplying munitions to the Allies. After investing $49 million in General Motors, he borrowed $35 million more (1920) to save the company from bankruptcy, soon put G.M. back on its feet. Assailed as a "merchant of death" during the early '30s, Pierre began to plow wartime profits into peacetime research, developed many profitable new chemical products (e.g., Cellophane, nylon, synthetic rubber). Resigning as chairman of the board of directors...