Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Yesterday afternoon the City of Cambridge sent four men in a truck to tear down the temporary sidewalk and spread the gravel. Said the workmen: "It's dangerous. It's a menace...
...glow seemed to spread over the whole General Assembly on its opening day of firmly fixed smiles and heavy hand-pumping. Delegates exchanged greetings with an almost perfectly uniform ritual: strong right-hand clasp, affectionate left-hand pat on the back. The official nurse, on duty just across a corridor from the General Assembly Hall, dispensed only one headache powder the first day (to a Chilean delegate...
Resort hotels were booked solid by a younger generation to whom Rosh Hashana seemed little more than a two-day vacation. But in some Orthodox homes men received fish heads to symbolize their position as heads of families and honey was spread on bread to symbolize the coming of a sweet and fruitful year. Only in Jerusalem was there mourning-among the pious who could not hold their traditional services at the ancient Wailing Wall in the Arab-held Old City...
Soon the rash spread up Joyce's arms and down her body. The itching was almost unbearable. When Holdridge was shipped overseas, her rash went away. When he came back, so did the rash. Soon, on her way to work as a telephone operator in San Francisco, Joyce Holdridge was hiding behind a newspaper on the bus, wearing dark glasses to cover her swollen eyes, dressing in long-sleeved, high-necked blouses. In the evenings and on days off she never left the house, says she, because "I looked so terrible...
Russell is the only man who plays on both the offensive and defensive contingents. The defensive line includes three more sophomores and the backfield two more. The six lettermen are spread over the two platoons; many of last year's varsity apprentices have shifted their positions to close gaps...