Word: victim
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...late in the evening, Birrell's delight with life in Brazil was gone in a wave of man-without-a-country nostalgia, and his eyes were glistening. "I don't know what I'm a victim of," he said, "but I'm a victim all right...
...better. If Twain is "America's funniest humorist," as all the advertisements say, and even if he isn't--much of his charm rests on an especially endowed talent for spinning the old Western tall tale. Sometimes the story-teller, without cracking a smile, is able to convince his victim that his whole tale is gospel truth and is able to use this tale for all sorts of devious ends. But the comic aspect lies chiefly in the exaggerated proportions of the tale itself...
...Negroes managed to get into the swim in two municipal pools in the 27 hours before Miami's four commissioners and Mayor Robert K. High hurriedly restored the "white only" bars. Growling that he had been the victim of a political plot to embarrass him, Mayor High directed Willard to reverse his decision. The issue was referred to city hall for further deliberations, which are likely to go on until well after Miami's municipal elections...
...been assigned by a rightist underground organization to murder Mitterrand, but did not have the heart to do it; instead, Pesquet proposed that "for safety's sake" Mitterrand start using the roundabout route home that he had followed on the night of the shooting. "I am the victim of a classic provocation," cried Mitterrand. "Either I was killed and couldn't talk, or I escaped them and fell into these machinations...
...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 by the Indians' triumph at the Bowl. After all, that unbeaten, untied, unscored-upon business has to end sooner or later...