Word: tore
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...life by proving that its espionage investigation was something more than a "red herring." California's G.O.P. Congressman Richard Nixon beat a quick, strategic retreat via a television broadcast. Said he: "Whittaker Chambers' statement clears Duggan of any implication in the espionage ring." Democratic committee members tore at Mundt like wolves snapping at a fallen fellow. Said Congressman F. Edward Hébert of New Orleans: ". . . a blunder . . . a breach of confidence." Mississippi's loudmouthed old John Rankin cried, self-righteously: "Atrocious...
...must defend the Huai." While Nationalist attention was focused north of the Huai last week, two of Communist General Chen Yi's agile columns (about 30,000 men) slipped over the muddy stream, struck at the Nationalist rear. At points less than 60 miles from Nanking the raiders tore up several sections of the government's single-track rail line to the front. Temporarily, at least, all land communications were cut between the capital and its last effective defense force...
Since Babe Ruth tore his finger on some chicken wire 17 years ago, at least 5,000 big leaguers have visited baseball's two surgical meccas-St. Louis and Baltimore. Doc Hyland, a good-natured, husky 60, gets all the St. Louis trade, and a lot of Eastern clients besides. In Baltimore, the man to see is testy, trim Dr. George Bennett, a famed orthopedic surgeon and a rabid baseball fan, like Hyland. Dr. Bennett's most recent patient: Joe DiMaggio, who walked out of Johns Hopkins hospital on crutches last week after having a spur cut from...
...fumbling through the stratified heap, maybe he found his needle. Then he briskly turned the pages and very likely discovered that the key to his success had mysteriously vanished. All that remained was the unravished pieces which pecked out from the binding in apology. Perhaps the person who tore the exam out did so in disgust at the outrageous demands of the course. But more probably, he couldn't spare ten minutes to recopy the questions...
...Tallulah inquired, and Sharland, smiling wanly, said, "Of course not." Gaylord took an immediate fancy to Sharland and spent most of the 45-minute session perched on top of her head. Things were complicated further by the presence of Tallulah's Pekingese and a Hungarian sheep dog, who tore around the room, got tangled in Sharland's lighting extensions and occasionally chased each other between her legs...