Word: sore
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Designed to avoid such incidents as these, pro-publication notes on the Boston section of a nation-wide bathroom survey were released by a socially-minded 'Cliffedweller last night, in time to steer unwary Jubilee-goaf around sore spots...
...Brooklyn Bridge, Andy Varipapa used to jog back & forth across the bridge every day to develop his legs. In the finals of a recent Chicago tournament, 16 crack bowlers had to roll a grueling 64 games in four days. Varipapa, though 53, was the only one to finish without sore muscles. Despite his chunkiness his arms are sinewy, his wrists powerful, his legs hard. Volatile as he is, Varipapa rarely loses his temper during a match. Says he: "Sometimes I get mad when the ball hits the pins the right way and they don't go down like they...
What really made Tisman sore was that the police discriminated against him in favor of other gamblers. Police made token raids against small fry, which was "like raiding a bank and arresting the janitor." But they had closed him up tight a few times and caused him to lose a lot of business. His-brother Harry Tisman gravely corroborated this. "You had to pay to stay in business," he said. "It was just like the B.C. Electric-you had to pay your bill or you were...
...children's tonsillitis, many U.S. doctors have been prescribing a new drug called Analbis. The drug, a bismuth compound, has an affinity for lymph and attacks the infection in sore throats. In the last three years doctors have used it for hundreds of thousands of patients...
Ever since V-J day, Korea had been a sore spot. The damage had started at Yalta, where an illogical division of Korea between U.S. and Soviet occupations had been decided upon. It had been worsened by bad administration in the U.S. zone and by the fond U.S. hope that the Russians would somehow come to be reasonable. Now the State Department frankly recognized the failure of both U.S. policy and its execution, and saw that the time had come for more radical remedies. After consultation with Marshall, it was ready with a new program...