Word: spaces
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...after Gay's disappearance, Camb went on trial for his life. He sat in the dock at the Hampshire Assizes in a shedlike courtroom of canvas and plywood, incongruous amidst stained glass and granite pillars, within the 13th Century Great Hall of Winchester Castle. Most of the space in the public gallery was occupied by fashionably dressed women, many of whom appeared daily at 5:30 a.m. to make sure of a seat. The press made much of this welcome diversion from the European crisis...
...Nobody knew for sure just what was eating Joe McCarthy. He was still the frosty-eyed, all-seeing, silent Buddha. He sat on the bench, an empty space on either side of him, more unapproachable than ever. The only Boston player brash enough to sit near him is Ted Williams, who calls him "Mister McCarthy" with an inflection that might pass for respect but might also be a star player's impudence. The Boston sportwriters have already declared a cold war on Marse Joe because of his gruff refusal to answer questions. Said a Boston Post sportwriter...
...Mediterranean. Dramatic dashes to the North Pole take up little space in To the Arctic! Author Mirsky is never stingy in enthusiasm, but she keeps her eyes steadily on the varieties of men who so tenaciously explored and charted the Arctic that it may become what the Mediterranean was to the ancients-the natural connecting route between the principal centers of civilization...
...addition to providing meeting space for College groups, PBH provides volunteer workers for about 40 local settlement houses...
...will be three times as big as the present Garden (built in 1925), and will cover two city blocks (between 58th and 60th Streets, at Columbus Circle). It will provide Manhattan with 1) the world's biggest convention hall, and 2) parking space for 2,000 cars. To finance the building, New York City's Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority will sell $25 million in bonds. Madison Square Garden Corp. will operate it under a 35-year lease which guarantees New York City $1,000,000 a year in rent...