Word: surprisee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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As campaigning for a municipal election was getting in high gear, the Rev. Theodore Gibson, president of the Miami N.A.A.C.P., called on City Manager Ira Willard with a plea that Miami's sternly segregated recreational facilities be opened to Negroes. To the Rev. Gibson's surprise, South Carolinian...
After the Pennsylvania Railroad's board of directors finished its regular meeting last week in Philadelphia, a telephone call went through to summon Allen J. Greenough, 54, vice president in charge of transportation and maintenance. Walking into the president's office, Greenough was hit with the biggest surprise...
Something of a surprise winner, Trodden was the third candidate to obtain a quota. Trodden is a former assistant attorney general under the late George Fingold, and the last candidate to be eliminated in the 1957 election.
For relief, he turned to the small oilcloth parcel in front of him, and after wiping his hands on his fresh bookbag, he pushed back the clock and bookrack and set to. Inside was a finely cut piece of pumpkin pie, a Halloween surprise from the family. Only through precision...
No longer chaste, the Yalies were the victim of a 12-8 upset by Dartmouth last week. The result, however, did not surprise Dartmouth followers, for the Indians showed two weeks ago that they are a strong team--surely stronger than the record indicates. Thus, many fans were not shocked...