Word: streak
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bodies cooled and dawn of the twelfth day, the day of burial, began to streak the temple walls, the priests carried the charred remnants of the abbot and his aide to a pair of graves a li away. The 36 judges and executioners listed the dead men's crimes on a great sheet of yellow paper and nailed it near the temple doors. Solemnly, then, the priests surrendered to the police, said: "We have chosen to perish together...
When the little girl was 35, she had the audacious idea of sending an illustrated story about a rabbit to a publisher. Six publishers promptly rejected it. With a second streak of audacity, Beatrix drew out her small savings and had The Tale of Peter Rabbit printed at her own expense. Then she resubmitted it to the firm of Warne & Co.; who, this time, accepted it. "I have not spoken to Mr. Potter," wrote Beatrix timidly to her publisher, "but I think, Sir, it would be well to explain the agreement clearly, because he is a little formal, having been...
Looking for their eighth victory of the year against no defeats and one tie, the Freshman soccor team will face Nicholas Junior College this afternoon at the Business School Field. The Nicholsmen are on the crest of a three game winning streak and will probably prove the tough act game of the schedule for the Yardlings...
With a lineup radically different from that which started any of the previous games, the Varsity soccer team takes to the Business School Field today at 2 o'clock in an attempt to snap a two game losing streak against the engineers from M.I.T...
...broomsticks streak through, the stratosphere. Where are the brooms we need tomorrow on good old terra firma? Where are the new brooms that can sweep ignorance and envy and hatred and corruption from the world...