Word: sit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fascinating show for the M.P.s, who sat packed in cheek-by-jowl discomfort on the red leather benches. There was not room for all to sit down; a group of standees looked on eagerly from the rear of the room. The M.P.s were bemused by the champions but not awed by them; both debaters were frequently interrupted by heckling and laughter...
...talk punctuated by firecrackers, Valpey implored students for support. "Gentlemen of Harvard," he said, "it will be tough if you treat the team lightly. And if you should sit and criticize during the week, it will be awfully tough. We're in a tough league, and we need cheers...
Gone are the days when Crimson fans had to sit on bare Soldiers Field benches when watching varsity football games--gone, that is for those who don't mind the payment of a nominal...
Father Murray's haughty assertion that the Pope will never consent to sit as an equal among the equals at the World Council of Churches shows how far the Roman Catholic Church has deviated from both the spirit and teaching of Christ and the practice of the early church. Christ was most emphatic in stating that the only supremacy His followers could covet was to be based not on domination but on humble service (St. Matthew...
When TIME'S editors first decided to do the story, the problem, of course, was to find Everywoman. Mary Elizabeth Fremd, Business & Finance researcher, began by calling on model agency head, John Robert Powers. His first words were: "H'mmm, sit down. I think we can put you to work." Instead, Miss Fremd put Powers to work culling over his lists of models and giving her facts on the industry...