Word: took
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Somoza looked at his cover portrait and then turned the magazine over to a colleague, insisting that the cover story be read aloud so everyone could hear it. The colleague, translating from English into Spanish, had read about half of the story-amid considerable hilarity and joshing -when Somoza took over. Saying that the translation was not good enough, he proceeded to read the rest of the story himself, punctuating its adverse comment with his own remarks. He was happy to appear on TIME's cover and delighted that the issue would be on Nicaraguan newsstands on the 16th...
Lawyer Marbury and Federal Judge W. Calvin Chesnut took an appalled look, secretly turned the documents over to the Department of Justice. Suddenly, Chambers was engulfed in something far bigger and infinitely uglier than his original controversy with Alger Hiss...
Miss Moore was about to sit down with the Harry Levins when Mr. Mathiessen pointed to a chair on the platform. She took it. "I don't have to introduce Marianne Moore to Harvard, but I would like to introduce Harvard to Marianne Moore," began Mr. Mathiessen. He made references to her editing the literary magazine "Dial" and then said something about how gratified he was to see so many people present and that he was certain Miss Moore's announced appearance had been responsible for "our recent inhabitant of the Yard, the owl." He said he only regretted that...
...Felton took fourth place in the 1948 Olympic hammer throw, while Dreyer, of the New York Athletic Association, was nine times national champion in the 35-lb. weight class. Burnham, captain of the Dartmouth track team, will attempt to break the Dartmouth record in this event, and if as he is up to form has a good chance of doing...
...Perry took over the course. Since then both the instruction and the administration have come under the University Study Counsel. Charles P. Whitlock assists Perry in teaching the course...