Word: shone
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bright spring day in 1950, aglow with the look that once shone from Neapolitans headed for gold in the streets of New York, Pietro Merlino and Domenico Faticati left their Naples slum for a land of promise. But as they were devout Communists, this land was not the U.S., but Communist Hungary. They had no passports, but that did not matter; they had their party cards and all would be well. They would get jobs, send money to their hungry families (Merlino had eight children, Faticati four) and come home in two years with a brimful crock of gold...
...Indians out rushed the Yardlings 154 to 134, but Joslin and Boots ford shone in passing, completing ten of 19 good for 116 yards. The Crimson got 14 first downs to Dartmouth...
When the retiring Vice President of the U.S. packed up and headed for his old Kentucky home last January, it seemed that his distinguished political career was over. But last week the political sun shone bright on Kentucky's old (75) Alben Barkley...
...cross a bright white line. Instead, dogs try to sneak around the end of the line, and, in the case of a circle, never venture inside it. "Dogs see everything in greys and whites," explained one dog expert. "A white painted line probably dazzles them like a torch shone in the face...
Though overshadowed by Broadway's best, TV's own stars shone brightly enough. Wally Cox was authentic as an American bent on self-improvement; Burr Till-strom's Kukla and Ollie sounded just the right note in their comment on old Hollywood movies. Whenever the show edged up to something as grim as war, Ed Murrow and Oscar Hammerstein II were on hand to speak with suitable gravity and-for the most part-brevity...