Word: spun
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...young man by the name of Joaquin Llizo pulled a small pistol from his pocket, deliberately fired one shot into the ceiling. One of the duties of a Spanish Prime Minister's adjutant is wrestling with would-be assassins. Adjutant Berenguer promptly grappled with Pistoleer Llizo. General Berenguer spun on his heel...
...Army line seemed inadequate when Harvard got its off-tackle plays and line plunges working in the two middle periods, energized by a backfield giant named Jack Crickard. But in the first period Eddie Herb, son of a non-commissioned officer in the regular Army, spun through on a fake reverse that was the only score of the game. Army 6, Harvard...
Greenland and the last rose of summer seemed far away from all this unsettled space beneath him where the constant passing and repassing of a new generation spun the unconscious tale of a Harvard that is swiftly changing. The poet Lowell beneath him facing the fresh quadrangle seemed to him a brother dreamer. Those two, alone, experienced bewilderment in the contemplation of these marks of modern education--the dadoes, the stippled floors of battleship linoleum, the Revolutionary tapestry, the purple paint and high table. Even the Georgian windows appeared unfamiliar in their rows six high and forty long. He took...
...brands of Tom Huston Peanut Co. are many. They are: Tom's Toasted Peanuts, Tom's Peanut Butter Sandwiches, Tom's Chocolate Peanuts, Tom's Cocoanut Bar, Tom's Harvest Time, Tom's Peanut Plank, Tom's High Roller, Tom's Spun Gold, Tom's Gold Bar, Tom's Peanut...
Around a flashing, sputtering pinwheel of Parisian excitement last week spun this rumor...