Word: side
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...answer might lie with the Peruvian army. The government claims that the army is loyal; Haya claims that most of the lower ranks, and even a few generals, would side with APRA in a showdown...
...Gorcey, side-of-the-mouth "Dead End Kid" of stage & screen, had gat trouble with his estranged wife Evalene. One dark night at home in suburban Los Angeles, he heard people coming in without asking, so he grabbed his rod quick and blazed away. It was just Evalene and a couple of detectives having a little peek. Nobody got hit, but Leo got arrested on a gun charge and faced trial this week...
...Goose. Coaltown was a horse the horseplayers really loved. A walnut-brown with a pert personality, he had been beaten only once (by Citation in the Kentucky Derby). His admirers were certain that it could never happen again. Because he ran with his head cocked on one side, his long neck outstretched, they called him "The Goose." At the post, his odds were...
When officials asked her to play a semifinal match on a side court, Patricia had a fit of sulks. The more she thought about it, the madder she got. Said she: "I told the committee I would play only on the center court. I'm the defending champion and I don't see why I can't play on the center court . . ." Just to show them, Pat flounced out of the stadium. France's Mme. Nell Landry promptly claimed and got a victory by forfeit...
Billy Bayly was disgusted: he was scarcely able to see a thing. On the Union side, General Meade's horse ran away with him, and his staff followed (they all returned to the righting eventually); a Confederate band struck up the gayest "polkas and waltzes"; Sir Arthur found it "very curious...