Word: toring
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rested last week from their labors. Everything was in readiness for the grand three-day second funeral of China's first president, Dr. Sun. To build this impressive approach, eight contractors were allotted mile sec tions each. Soldiers were put to work as laborers. The eight contractors ruthlessly tore down peasants' houses, appropriated land. Intent on honoring simple democratic Dr. Sun, they paid little attention to each other. When the eight single miles of road were finished they failed to connect, some sections by as much as ten feet. Despite the fact that 108 of the Chinese peasants...
...writes: "Joe Mc-Ginnity, the 'Iron Man' pitcher of the Giants, who had been coaching at first base, had seen Merkle's fatal blunder. He ran into the field and rushed at Evers. The ball was tossed to Evers just as McGinnity tackled him. McGinnity tore the ball from his hands, and while they fought, threw it into the crowd sweeping into the diamond...
Taking possession of these two districts, the Communists tore down lamp posts, uprooted trees, built street barricades of overturned carts, paving blocks, sewer pipe. Snipers were posted in housetops and at upper windows...
Annoyed by noises interfering with a sound-production, one William Seiter, directing Corinne Griffith, tore off his derby hat, spat and stamped on it. He received next day from Miss Griffith a new derby, black, shiny, made...
...wretched pass from Ketchum to Dunn went wild and the alert end, ever watchful for a loose ball, snatched it and tore down the field with the whole Yale team scrambling for him like a pack of angry wolves. White outraced them all, but Yale's captain, Howe, was after him and after 60 yards of White's dash, Howe, in a final desperate jump, tackled the Tiger on the five-yard line and the terrific impact sent them both into the mud. White slid over the goal line on his face...