Word: saves
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trying to raise $350,000 for the purpose of buying her as a national relic. The idea of this great American ship being scrapped after her glorious war service brings to my mind the almost identical case of the U.S.S Constitution. The generosity of the American people helped save "Old Ironsides" and I am sure that we can count on them to save the "Big E" now. Please forward my small contribution to Admiral Halsey for her salvation. FRANK A. CUTTITA Loudonville...
...Mark Gap. Despite popular uneasiness about rising prices, the fact is that most of Europe envies the German consumer's lot. Last year West Germany produced more automobiles than any country save the U.S., more steel than anyone save the U.S. and Russia. Exports are soaring; gold and foreign-exchange holdings have grown so large ($4.4 billion) that in order to keep the "Deutsche mark gap" from becoming as serious a problem as the dollar gap, the West German government is thinking of doling out foreign aid, just as the U.S. does...
...chill evening about 17 years ago, there was at least one individual in worse straits than he-a small mongrel dog marooned on a ledge beneath a bridge crossing the icy torrent of Le Cale. Crossing the bridge, Carlo heard the dog's whimpering, and clambered down to save it. From that moment on, Carlo and Fido, "the faithful "one," were fast friends. On holidays they went hunting together, and on workdays Fido invariably escorted his master to the San Lorenzo bus and met him at the bus stop when he came home at night...
...followed the varsity track team, man and boy, for two seasons, a single fact becomes painfully apparent--it has been vastly under-rated by everyone, save perhaps the team members themselves...
...injunction for Jews is not to compromise in matters of faith and observance. "Compromise is dangerous because it sickens both the body and the soul . . . One must do everything, but at the same time we welcome the doing of even a part. If all we can do is to save one limb, we save that. Then we worry about saving another. A man may say, 'I would like to be whole, but I can't. My evil impulse prevents me, or I have to make a living, or I don't have the time' . . . The great...