Word: sticked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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John P. Marquant, in a review of the Lampoon, concluded that the Bow Street dunces were trying unsuccessfully to ape Life and Punch. The former 'Poonster advised the boys to stick to the Lampoon...
Philip Scores. Trooping the Color was the week's most glittery event, but there were others, now that mourning was over. Elizabeth had cocktails at the Guards' officers mess; Philip captained his team (Cowdray Park) at polo. Brandishing his polo stick with right royal gusto, His Royal Highness clouted the opposing captain, a U.S. newsman, across the knuckles, broke two fingers. Princely apologies helped, but the victim was rushed to a hospital...
...King Talal had finally yielded to Abul Huda's pleading and agreed to go back to Switzerland for more treatment, with his family and a small entourage. Instead, he went to Paris, where he saw the sights and refused medical treatment. He threatened the royal physician with a stick. He even turned on his son, Crown Prince Hussein, and chased him out of the room. He beat Queen Zaine, who fled to Switzerland. He struck the wife of Jordan's Minister to France. He was drinking and throwing away money on women...
Balance what the Hose relinquished against what they gained. They lost an inconsistently powerful, hopelessly clumsy first baseman, a utility infielder clearly past his peak, an outfielder who failed to stick with two other clubs, a perennially "promising" left-handed pitcher, and a young third baseman with his career still unassured...
...problem is what to do when the government troops retreat. Shall he retreat with them, or stay on, in Red territory, and do what he can for the peasants? His wife deserts him, and friends misunderstand him, but Dr. Windom, caring more for people than for isms, decides to stick...