Word: tore
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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That morning Police Chief General Phao Srihanond had dropped by for a last chat with Private Secretary Chaliew, his comrade-in-arms during an anti-government coup back in 1932. "Good-bye, old comrade," said the general as machine-gun slugs tore into his friend. After ten rounds, Chaliew was dead. It took ten more rounds before the prison doctor pronounced Chit dead, and 20 full rounds for Busya. But at last the execution was done, the closet was tidy, and only one question remained unanswered: Who killed King Ananda...
Kristallnachtt (Crystal Night) was the Germans' name for the night of Nov. 11, 1938. On that night Hitler's SS and the SA bullies tore through Berlin and broke the windows of nearly every Jewish shop in the city. Fourteen synagogues and 25 prayer rooms in what is now West Berlin were set afire. Last week, after years of fitful negotiation, the city of West Berlin settled for the damages. To the Jewish Restitution Successor Organizations and the Jewish Community will go 9,600,000 Deutsch marks ($2,280,000). The city also agreed to forgive payment...
...first time, tough old (81) Sewell Avery last week tore into Challenger Louis Wolfson in the proxy battle for control of Montgomery Ward & Co. Said Avery, in a letter to stockholders: "Wolfson...is not qualified to manage this great corporation in the best interests of the stockholders...His campaign is simply a financial venture for the benefit of his backers and himself...
...Morse started to talk. He had lost the muffler in suburban Bethesda, he explained. If the cop would just have a heart, he could fix it himself at the Hains Point tourist camp and save a few dollars. Under the torrent of Morse's argument the policeman relented, tore up the ticket and wearily directed Morse to the camp. Last week Morse was still noisily disturbing the peace of Washington, still arguing endlessly and effectively...
...varsity had its most successful season this year since 1948, winning eight of its eleven games and outscoring its opponents, 31 to 19. Weiss, Tore, and Hank Holmes accounted for 17 of the goals. The team with its powerful scoring attack lost only to Dartmouth, Wesleyan, and Yale. This was Bruce Munro's seventh year as varsity coach...