Word: steeping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Just after noon one day last week, Roberto, as his teammates called him, rode his horse up the steep path to tiny (pop. 150) San Pedro del Alto. Ten yards behind followed his Mexican assistant, Raul Sanchez. About 40 yards farther back rode three soldiers (the only armed men in the party) and a guide. Topping the rise, Roberto rode slowly up to the church on the sunbaked, cactus-hedged plaza. As he was about to dismount, he suddenly cried to Sanchez: "Get out quick, go back...
...first section is definitely no man's land, and you may find it steep going unless you're briefed with the right sizes. According to what you're buying, you should know her foot size--for stockings; finger length--for gloves; dress size--for sweaters; and various other lengths and widths for gifts in the more personal line...
...broad highway from the Zuider Zee topped a beech-trimmed ridge, then dropped into the town. In the growing darkness, the steep-roofed houses spread themselves out in misty brick waves. At the hotel, a man took my suitcase and typewriter, then ushered us inside. A banquet table had been spread across the length of the dining room...
...charity, Denmark's King Frederik IX led the Royal Opera Orchestra through two overtures and a symphony. Thirty copies of the recordings will be offered in an anti-tuberculosis lottery, and a few others may be sold at steep prices...
...ancient islanders, who had no metal or even timber, manage to transport the statues over the steep rim of the crater and down the rugged mountain? Their hideous religion may have supplied the motive, but not the means...