Word: solider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...defense has looked menacing all week with goalie Lindsay Fischer making frequent acrobatic stops and Beaver and Captain Hugh Sargent the left fullback, forming a solid defensive wall in front...
Seven Days Later. There was a sure way for the new regime to get a solid lease on power: get the British out of Egypt. The British, except for some of the old Empire diehards, had the good sense to see that the new regime might be healthy for Egypt and hence for the entire weak Middle East. Washington pitched in to help keep negotiations alive and moving. After hard bargaining, Nasser, who then wore the title of Interior Minister, signed with Britain the agreement ending the long British occupation of the canal zone. (Under the agreement's gradual...
...Black Sashers formed a double line outside the Bloemfontein city hall, where the Nationalist Party was meeting for its annual conference in the Orange Free State. Just before Strydom arrived, 100 husky members of the Nasionale Jeugbond, the Nationalists' youth group, shouldered the women aside, and formed a solid, muscular phalanx inside the Black Sashers' double line. After Strydom had walked through, the Jeugbond huskies turned brusquely, ripped the black sashes off several women, tore up their placards reading "Respect our Constitution." Some shook their fists in the women's faces. "I'll hit you across...
...ninth-to beat Boston all by himself and put the Yankees back on top of the league. Pitchers Byrne, Grim and Ford were back in pennant-winning form. Heading out this week for the season's windup with the Senators and the Red Sox, the Yanks had a solid two-game edge...
Harry Carney with Strings (Clef LP). The man who has provided the solid foundation of Duke Ellington's sax section during 30 wonderful years plays his baritone in lush surroundings. The sound of the solo is pleasantly, hoarsely tender, and the tone of the improvisation recalls a good-natured storyteller ruminating over his romantic past, with occasional wry asides. Among the good old tunes: It Had to Be You, A Ghost of a Chance...