Word: stand
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There is a spell in Japan since olden times, to drive away an unpleasant or tedious visitor. The method of this spell is to stand a broom upside down on a porch, like the picture of Mr. Baker. It is more effective to cover brooms' cheeks with a towel...
...They hustled Taylor to a patrol car and shoved him in. At the police station, Senator Taylor was booked for "disorderly conduct" (for violating Alabama's segregation laws) and searched. When he protested, a cop growled: "Keep your mouth shut, buddy." Released on bond, he was ordered to stand trial this week. Said Senator Taylor: "They treated me very rough-anything but gentlemanly. God help the ordinary...
Jean Boewet thought human blood too costly a fertilizer. He went on: "I stand here and think about all the blood from so many corners of Europe which was spilled over this plain. Every month someone digs up a new skeleton. They can usually tell by the buttons of his uniform whether he was French, British, Prussian, Belgian or Dutch...
...Frontiers seem pretty foolish from where I stand. Skeletons don't know anything about frontiers...
...normal size, the Union will be able to fulfill the needs of the new class, instead of serving as a proving-ground for line-crashing tactics. Yard upperclassmen will feel more amiable towards the interval before they are placed in House quarters. And the Houses, which can easily stand the "strain" of sizable non-resident groups, should welcome the newcomers as a possible invigorating force for the far from sprightly House activity programs. As a move to distribute the excess student population more fairly, the masters' decision appears to be in the category of better later than never...