Word: stood
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though barely two months have elapsed since the successful flight of Apollo 9, the U.S. is poised for yet another space epic. At Cape Kennedy last week, a giant Saturn 5 stood on Pad 39B, and an astronaut crew and NASA technicians methodically ran through a mock countdown in preparation for the launch of Apollo...
...German marks. Convinced that economically potent Germany must soon raise the official value of its robust currency, speculators and more conservative businessmen all over the world swapped their money for marks in the expectation of a quick profit. A speculator who converted $2,500,000 into marks, for example, stood to net $190,000 if the mark's value were raised by 7%, as had been widely expected...
Suddenly the black chick stood up. "What time...
BILLY put on a shinny leather jacket and stood shakily before me. He smiled, his voice was thick and fuzzy, his eyes blinked slowly at me. He began gasping--huhhhhnh-hhunnhuh-hun-huhnhuh!--but it stopped after a while. "Shit man," he croaked, "Another country altogether...
...think--I think that a recording might be arranged." He laughed very hard, then coughed. The gasping started again. He stood up, making horrible noises. I stared at him. The black chick gave him a hand and finally he stopped. She kept snorting, half-laughing. She was afraid...