Word: stoning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...foothills, is as big as a castle and guarded like one. I went up there with my two policemen buddies, and a soldier dogged me so closely it looked as if we were in lock step. The house itself is an immense pile of plate glass and yellowish-brown stone, with galleries running all around. On the next hilltop was a huge neon sign about 50 ft. by 20 ft. that flashes at night, "telling people," my buddies said, "of all Trujillo's good works...
...Segal's first zoological work was with the limpet, a small saltwater mollusk, but when he got to Emporia, he turned over a stone and found a slug. It was love at first sight. He took the slug back to the lab and eagerly collected company...
Starting at midfield will be Dick Parks, Tadhg Sweeney, and Charlie Devens, while Lanny Keyes, Bron Thayer, and Mike Adair will probably open at defense. Chris Stone will tend his last game for the Crimson in the nets...
Starting at attacks will be Dave Bohn, Nick Lamont, and Jerry Pyle while Tadgh Sweeney, Bill Parks and Charlie Sweeney will open at midfield. Bron Thayer, Lanny Keyes and either Ed Tarlov or Mike Adair will start at defense and Chris Stone will be goalie...
...Woodrow Wilson. Daughter Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, 69, recalled Wilson's triumphant return to his birthplace of Staunton, Va. shortly after his first election in 1912. Visiting with his ancient Aunt Janie, a "grim old Presbyterian" almost stone deaf, Wilson twice bellowed into her ear trumpet: "I've just been elected President." Digging him at last, Aunt Janie inquired: "Of what?" "Of the U.S.," shouted Wilson. "Don't be silly!" snapped Aunt Janie, indignantly dismissing him from her presence...