Word: shedding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Greece's northern border effectively blocked control by Athens of a large and important part of the country. Choleric Premier Constantin Tsaldaris, a rightist who refused to take moderates into his Government, flew to New York, shouted at the U.N. Security Council: "This situation, whereby a country which has shed so much of its blood for the common struggle [in World War II] is still being drained of its life blood, cannot continue...
...Shed was the grand old dog of all retrievers and this was perhaps his last big year. A jet-black, brown-eyed Labrador, he weighed 85 pounds and was an old-timer at seven. Against him in the national championship last week at Herrin, Ill. were the 19 best retrievers-Labradors, Goldens and Chesapeake Bays...
...Shed seemed content to loll on the slew grass and be petted by his owner, Paul Bakewell III, a wealthy St. Louis sportsman. There was no fear in Shed's demeanor as he took his place on the line, as there was in some of the younger dogs, and that was a good sign; but he no longer trembled with excitement either...
...terraced slopes of northern Japan, the snow was already deep. In Tokyo and to the south, an early frost sparkled on the richly tinted autumn leaves. But as the trees shed their leaves, Japanese shed their kimonos, one by one, to sell for food. They even devised an ironic name for their wretched existence: takenoko, after the bamboo sprout which peels, layer by layer...
...together for the first time, rose from the nether corners of the Ivy League doormat, where the guessers and Washington Street halfbacks had relegated it back in September, to win seven games of nine and give the University its finest state since 1931. So the copious tears that were shed in the late afternoon haze were greatly wasted. Yale had won, but many of the full-time fans were thinking about the first half at Hanover, the first ten minutes at Princeton, and the great comeback against Holy Cross...