Word: stood
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hrer should drive past at 8:30 p. m. Soon the German Dictator sat up as though startled and amazed by the vast Roman Colosseum which seemed to be afire, glowing within by the light of thousands of red torches, while in each arch an Italian soldier stood at attention, silhouetted in full war gear; his steel helmet sharply outlined...
...intended object is scheduled to pass the mailbox. To this precaution against an old Italian custom was added last week search of sewers and cellars for bombs, banishment from Rome for a few days or jailing of all suspect persons, and an arrangement whereby one or more police agents stood in the hall of every building past which the German Realmleader was driven. Such is the Business called Dictatorship...
...idea. Stammerer Smith cured himself, formed the Kingsley Club, enrolled Philadelphians and New Yorkers (mostly businessmen) and set out to cure them of stammering. He gave them deep breathing exercises and "inspiration." had them pronounce words slowly and rhythmically to the beat of a metronome. Then he stood them before an audience to talk. His method worked so well that today his club has 350 members, many of them now ex-stammerers...
...President stood bareheaded . . . to watch a parade of 12,000 persons, including a fleet of small tanks" [TIME, April...
...first half of the seventh, the Quakers had added three more scores and were leading 6-4. With two men out in the "lucky seventh. Lupe walked, Gannett singled, and Grondahl smashed a homerun through the rightfielder who slipped. And the score stood 7-6 for the Mitchellmen...