Word: sided
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Manhattan's 42nd Street, to watch the cornerstone laid for U.N.'s imposing new headquarters. As President Truman arrived at the 42nd Street site, the combined New York Police, Fire & Sanitation Department bands struck up The Sidewalks of New York, better known by its first line: "East side, West side . . ." The song was being played at the insistence of U.N. Secretary General Trygve Lie, who had decided that no national anthems would be played on this international celebration. His ruling was: either all 59 or none...
...steady rain was falling when Castro awoke in Panajachel the next morning, and he decided to stay on another day. Twenty-four hours later there was still no letup, and streams on either side of Panajachel were swollen. Castro went to church to pray that the rains might stop. All that night torrents fell, and Castro trembled with fear that his cornpatch might be washed into the lake or buried by landslides from the mountains. Next morning he joined the village elders as they dressed an image of San Francisco in a raincoat and paraded it down the street while...
They say that Curley uses a different side of his mouth for either side of Beacon Hill. In his hey-day, he had the cultured charm in his voice of the highest rank of Brahmin, yet, on the same night, he could go across the Hill to the North End and deliver a spirited, rabble-rousing speech that would practically incite whole national groups to riot. There wasn't anyone who Curley couldn't sell in Boston. He could as easily convince the millionaire Robert White to leave his money to the city for health improvements, as line up ward...
There are two changes in the lineup which started the season in California, not necessitated by injuries--Will Davis goes in at short side tackle and John West, impressive in the Army and Dartmouth games, opens at fullback...
Captain Howie Houston and John Coan continued to run at their guard positions with the first string offensive line and will be ready for one-way service against Holy Cross. Doug Bradlee worked in the weak side tackle slot; ends Dike Hyde and Stretch Mazzone, center Paul O'Brien, and tackle Chief Bender rounded out the offensive line...