Word: strick
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...make sure that its secrets remained secret, inadvertent passers-by were also hanged forthwith. For signature, the Feme stuck a knife in the gallows tree and carved four letters: S.S.G.G., for Strick, Stein, Gras, Grun (Rope, Stone, Grass, Green). Folklore interpreted this literally as noose, headstone and grassy grave...
...October three or four vessels used to lie off Basra port in the Persian Gulf, waiting for the packers to send out the first full cargoes of dates. Within a few hours of each other they would get away in the annual race for New York. Usually a British Strick and a German Hansa liner vied for the lead; first one in with his 5,000 tons of dates got a premium of about $1.75 per ton. And Hills Brothers, biggest U.S. date importer (Dromedary), gave a handsome loving cup to the winning captain...
...Bolles has refused to divulge rowing times, but after the strick schedule at Red Top all the crews should be in their best shape. In their last time-trial held yesterday, the Varsity led a tenacious Jayvee eight, all the way down the course, and judging by coach Bolles's expression at the finish, the results were very satisfactory...