Word: staying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Boss Hague. The demonstration had been on for ten minutes before Kelly said: "Well, let's go out and grab a banner-just for the workout." Replied Frank Hague: "What's this-nomination for the President?" Kelly grunted yes. They eyed each other thoughtfully, then decided to stay where they were...
...troopers wanted to take Ziggy wherever they went, but finally the time came when they could no longer stay together. Ziggy wept when he heard that his days as a guest were over. Then he smiled, after a Polish-speaking soldier read a letter to him and gave it to him to carry...
...Japs poured toward them. The gunners picked up Jap rifles and ammunition and turned them into the enemy. When the order came for the artillery to withdraw they sent this answer back: "Sir, we would prefer to stay and fight...
Samarkand is like Southern California. It has a self-preserving apricot that ripens, dries on the tree. Windfalls on the ground stay in good condition for a month, enabling one man to harvest 200 acres...
...push to Garapan gave Hays & Hepburn special problems. It was so hot that the fluid in their batteries boiled while charging. Their equipment was frequently choked by clouds of coral dust from the roads. But they managed to stay with the foot soldiers, pausing to explain the action, letting the microphone gather the battle noises: wounded groaning, Jap bullets pinging against metal, the sharp splat of mortar shells exploding, the high hum of planes, artillery in the background, and the cries of men giving battle directions...