Word: sure
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sure that a visiting college group could not have been better received anywhere. There will be a real comradeship in future years, thanks to the spirit of friendship so well generated in 1928. Sincerely yours, Louis A. Craig, Major, F. A. Professor of Military Science
...early in the season handicapped by injuries, his progress since rejoining the squad has been so rapid that he now seems to be a serious contender for the quarterback berth. He is the most versatile and dependable field general on the team, being a hard-running back and a sure passer...
...Concealing pencil-lead under one's finger nails to void ballots by extra marks. Dropping ballots behiA-3 the box instead of through the slot. "The more handling a ballot gets, the surer it is to turn up in favor of the other candidate. . . . And . . . you gotta make sure the ballot boxes are empty before the voting starts. Sometimes we'd put in a few votes just to get things going right...
...ruff, and from her neck a thin white veil was flying?and so we came to the bazaar?and by the longest route. Then I did a foolish thing. I asked her whether she would buy some little article for herself?and at that she began to fade away?sure proof that she was not French but Scotch to the core...
...sleepy and sedate is Prague, as a rule, that when all the city's fire engines careened forth at once through its ancient, narrow streets, last week, someone was sure to get run over. Paradoxically the only person killed by a fire engine was the one man most needed to organize rescue work, the Chief Inspector of Police. But eager subordinates sprang to take his place. Within 30 minutes 2,000 police and volunteers were delving and tunneling into the ruins. Meanwhile frenzied wives and mothers of the buried workmen arrived screaming, and had to be fought...