Word: walk
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...clock classes. Suddenly she squealed with childish delight, and then quickly stifled her cry for fear of being heard and seen. Hunching her shoulders and crouching like an adventurous puppy waiting to pounce upon a mouse, she cautiously watched a tall, scrawny human being ambulate down the side-walk toward her. Indeed, the prospective victim-- for victim she intended him to be--was worthy of attack; he had the proverbial look of a worried professor, vacantly intellectual, as he stared glumly at the concrete pacing. And his grey felt hat, the object of our little one's mocking attention...
...Gienn's legs, you know, were severely burned in a fire when he was a little fellow. Some thought he would never walk again, but his determination to overcome this handicap has not only enabled him to walk but to become the king of American milers. His legs, though, are full of new tissue and new blood vessels, and consequently his blood circulation is very poor...
...most desirable position along the Charles. This becomes quite an attractive feature when you consider the number of wherries that capsize in front of your door of a fine afternoon; not to mention the intricate manoeuvres of the lads and lasses of Cambridge as they tandem along the river walk...
...wind screams along the walls of the castle. Inside there is a feeling of tenseness, a knowledge by all the company that something is going to happen. The banqueting tables have been relieved of their fare and pushed aside. Up and down the gloomy room the lords and ladies walk and talk in guarded voices...
...When people come to see me, they won't walk down a hall past uniformed policemen to the office of Policewoman Kate O'Connor. They'll be coming in to see their friend, Kate O'Connor. ... In my time I have met all kinds of people and listened to all kinds of stories. . . . I have never been shocked at anything. ... I never think of myself as judge. . . . Please remember, you aren't coming to a police officer. My files will always be locked. I will talk to you alone. . . . It's so easy...