Word: stand
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...glare of floodlights, a big four-motored C-54 dropped down onto Berlin's Tempelhof field, turned off the runway and swung around in the wake of the yellow jeep with the big red-lighted sign: "Follow me." At the unloading stand, its crew climbed down and workmen began unloading its cargo of coal. The Berlin airlift had ended...
...Pope's position was more strict than the stand of the Church of England (which also opposes the use of donors). A commission appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury held st year: "If, for the insemination of a wife with ner husband's semen, there is no practicable alterative to masturbation by the husband, his act being directed to the procreative end of the marriage, may be justifiable...
...Probably most effective and certainly most pathetic are the scenes showing the girl who was chosen to lead the band as it played the rhythms to which the whole camp marched; during all the thousand crimes which the Nazis committed to the tune of her music, she had to stand alone on her bandstand without flinching...
...last Spring for the purchase of a coin-operated automatic wash outfit to be installed in the House basement, was passed unanimously by the House Committee last Tuesday. The main reason for the change in plans, as cited by Herman, stems from the fact that the House treasury cannot stand the expense of purchasing a washer and the dryer that would also be required...
Next, the notes said, "A girl arose, and with deep emotion, spoke slowly, forthrightly, and earnestly. 'I work in a trade union. We try to keep people together. There are over 200 of us and we can't stand for any wishy-washy business. People are either for or against. We get rid of those who are against. Here there are a small group of vicious people trying to disrupt our delegation. There is another small group that is native. We came here for peace. Let's make decisions. There are too many disruptive points. Let's prevent it from...