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...sewerage and sewage? Is the word "whereabouts" singular or plural? When does a pupil become a student? Find the errors in these sentences: "Dave Beck pleaded innocent today to a charge of grand larceny." "At least twelve hawks are making their homes atop city skyscrapers and zooming down to snatch pigeons." "Mr. Smith was changing a flat tire when a second car collided with his automobile." "The bulk of Mr. Getty's fortune is self-made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Down on the Rooftop | 7/23/1965 | See Source »

...Pakistanis switched courts after every two games so that all the spectators could snatch a glimpse of squash at its best. The final score (Mohibulla's first...

Author: By Boisfeuillet JONES Jr., | Title: Hashim Battles Mohibulla to Draw In Exhibition for 600 Squash Fans | 3/25/1965 | See Source »

...natives observe a rigid noonday ritual. The social elite-a breezy clique called the Palisades-Brentwood Singing and Drinking Association-hold court at cafeteria tables reserved by custom for them. Near by, like ladies in waiting, two plain girls snatch at conversational crumbs tossed by a pair of homecoming queens. At another table are the "social rejects"-girls on the fringes of the elite whose boy friends are now tired of them. "They are still allowed to go to parties," explains a guide, "but they aren't in on the really big decisions, like who the elite will back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Students: On the Fringe of a Golden Era | 1/29/1965 | See Source »

Minutewoman: Everything is asleep--except the evil underpass-building MDC agents, that is. They will come in the dawn one day and snatch away our sycamores in the flowering of their youth. We must guard them--with our lives, if necessary...

Author: By Sanford J. Ungar, | Title: Waiting for the MDC | 11/20/1964 | See Source »

Brown's Rich Baglow made a wild dash past Harvard runners Bill Crain and John Ogden in the final fifty yards of the five-mile race to snatch seventh place and give his team a 23-29 win over the visiting Crimson yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Runners Beaten by Brown In 1-Point Heartbreaker | 10/10/1964 | See Source »

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