Word: stoles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...events can have carried such a clear cosmic message as the recent running of the Kentucky Derby [May 12]. While two horses fought for the lead, a third came up from behind and stole the purse. The two horses intent only on challenging each other for the favorite's position were Avatar and Diabolo. Avatar means a deity. Diabolo means devil. So, while the deity contended with Lucifer, who dashed home first? Foolish Pleasure. Let that be a happy lesson...
...begin to match that in many of the high schools in neighboring Chicago or other big cities, it threatens to erode the quality of the education available to the school's 4,700 students. The music department had to curtail some of its independent study programs after someone stole the recording equipment. Business classes were hampered this spring by the theft of 13 typewriters and calculators. The daily schedule was revised to cut back on students' free time. Rest rooms on the third floor were closed after they became hangouts. As a result of attacks and threats, students...
...scene within the compound, where about 1,300 foreigners and Cambodians sought shelter, was one of deprivation, acrimony and tedium. There was no running water, and food was limited. Though the Khmer Rouge guards stole a few watches and other valuables, they generally treated the foreigners correctly if sternly. As the days passed, one baby was born, another died. When the seven Russian diplomats arrived from their abandoned embassy, they were loaded down with huge supplies of tinned meat and vodka. They refused to share the goods with the other inmates, thereby becoming the bitter tar gets of Westerners...
...heavyweight eight race that stole the show yesterday at Lake Beseck. The win was especially important for Radcliffe, for it may mean that the crew goes to Germany this summer...
...frustration began for Harvard in the fourth inning, when with one out, Jim Thomas reached first on an error by Husky shortstop Joe Marani. Thomas then stole second, and reached third on a sacrifice fly by Leigh Hogan, but Dan Williams flied deep to center field to halt the Crimson threat...