Word: spells
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sold at auction like a slave of Roman days, and so fascinating she was that the final bid for her possession reached the tidy sum of $245,000. Who purchased Sabine at the time, who owns her now, I am not sure-Mr. Harkness was under Sabine's spell, if I am not mistaken...
Something Practical. Chatting with Firbank was hard sledding, because a nervous constriction of the throat reduced him to long spells of involuntary Trappism (during one such spell he spoke to only two people in two years). For the same reason, little food managed to make its way down into his stomach; once, at a banquet given in his honor, he only succeeded in getting down one green pea. Alcohol met with no such obstruction, and flowed down in imposing quantities...
...lineup change necessitated by an injury to Al Sawyer sends Alex Sergienko from left end to right. This means that George Emmons will go both ways at left end. McCabe will have the services of three varsity linemen, who will be used on defense only. The coach plans to spell about half the team on defense...
...Considered Request. "Unless [your] dollar earnings rise dramatically between now and June 1952 [when ECAid ceases]," warned Hoffman, "Europe's trade with the Americas will have to be balanced at so low a level that it will spell disaster for you and difficulties for us." Hoffman's plea for integration included a warning. Said he: "I do make this considered request: that you have ready early in 1950 a record of accomplishment and a program...
...Cass and Chief Bender. Art Connelly, Will Davis, and Dike Hyde filled out the right side of the line, with Phil Isenberg and John West backing up. Charlie Walsh and Shafer alternated at defensive halfback with Carl Bottenfield and Phil Bolster, with Walsh dropping back to fullback to spell Roche...