Word: sicklies
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lieutenant slugged Pang with his flashlight, then pistol-whipped him with a .45. Pang slumped to the floor, senseless. Rushed by a jeep to a Marine sick bay, then by helicopter to a hospital ship, Pang Wha II died four days later without regaining consciousness...
...became the second president of the union in 1941, maids were earning $.39 an hour, working every day of the year except Christmas. Today the maids receive $.96 an hour for a five day week. Janitors' pay has increased from $.58 an hour to $1.42 an hour. Vacations sick pay, and retirement benefits have also been obtained during his regime...
...town blacksmith who was also the town crier, went through the streets calling on all inhabitants to assemble at the market place with their identification papers. The German soldiers began roughly turning people out of their houses. "Get up to the square," some of them shouted in French. The sick came in their pajamas. Marcelin Thomas, the town baker, appeared, stripped to the waist and still covered with flour, while Curé Jacques Lorich strode along hatless. Mothers came pushing baby carriages. In less than 20 minutes, the populace was assembled, about a third of them children. Only then...
However, there were plenty of cases. At Indiana's DePauw University, 230 students out of 1,800 reported sick within 24 hours. The university shut down for a week. While state health officials labored to confirm the disease's identity, students were in no doubt. They dubbed it "gaumboo" and sometimes added a coughed syllable for emphasis...
...wonderful time. They hiked through the pinewoods, splashed in the little lake, cooked and slept outdoors. Along with sunburned necks and scraped knees, most of them got a few mosquito bites. They were used to that. And after 1,500 girls had scattered to their homes, a few got sick. That was natural...