Word: shook
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...governor dived into the crowd which was gathered for the free barbecue-40,000 pounds of meat, and plenty of beans, cake, orange juice and Florida celery. He shook hands, posed for photographers, handed out chunks of cake, and hugged giggling women with democratic vigor. Then he went off to watch the parade, which had 127 floats, and bands, and herds of bathing beauties, many of them tossing oranges at the crowds...
Honor guests, including U.S. officials, bankers and businessmen flown down from the mainland, watched the ceremony and inaugural parade from a grandstand on the steps of the marble Capitol. Munoz took the oath of office, administered by Chief Justice Angel de Jesús, shook hands with the judge, exchanged a warm abrazo with retiring Governor Jesus T. Pinero. Then Muñoz spoke to his people...
After all the explanations and qualifications, the official U.S. position shook down to this: 1) Paul Hoffman, as boss of" ECA, had given it as his opinion that the U.S. would continue to give food and other non-military supplies to the Chinese people as long as possible (i.e., until the Communists took over completely, as they have in Mukden, forcing ECA to shut up shop; 2) the State Department, which has made no pronouncement of its political position toward China since the start of the recent Communist military successes, continued to be absolutely...
...appointed day at 5:30 p.m. Velio Spano, in a natty brown double-breasted suit, crossed the little piazza in front of the church and entered the hall. A minute later Father Lombardi arrived, his face muffled in a black shawl. The contestants smilingly shook hands and took their seats behind a red table on the theater's stage. In the audience their supporters, divided by the middle aisle, sat quietly on seats marked with their names in big letters. As the seconds checked their watches, Father Lombardi murmured to Spano: "When Communism falls-as I'm sure...
...blue pennant; at the rear, donkeys, loaded with heavy machine guns, plodded stiff-legged over the rough street. Trucks piled with bundles and crates swirled by. "So many troops," said a fat, black-gowned merchant, standing in front of his shop; "suddenly they are marching. Where?" He shook his head. "Wo pu-tung, wo pu-tung (I do not understand, I do not understand...