Word: wander
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...accepted system of attending a Soldiers Field sports convention, is not to get all wrapped up in one event, but to wander discreetly around the playing fields, savouring the flavor of each game. A track meet is all very well and good but there is no use sitting around while the public address announcer pleads that "all quarter-mile relay men please report to the starting line at the judges' table"; just wander over to the football enclosure and size up next year's team. Or try and dope out the intricacies of a rugby match, or question the eyesight...
...Those girls should realize this is a civilized city," stated one, "before they wander out in hideous red stockings...
...they wish to consult reference works either in Widener or Lamont; for a dozen or more foul-smelling pipes are exploding clouds of bitter smoke into their eyes, mouth, and nose until they are almost suffocated. In Lamont, although smoking is permitted only in the reference room, smokers wander about the reserve shelves, perfectly oblivious of the fact that there are boundaries...
...London's Holborn district, a butcher adorned his empty window with the hand-written text: "Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied. (Psalm 59, Verse...
...prospects at Mahwa were unpromising. Most of the people were illiterate, half-starved, infested with disease and parasites. The ill-cultivated land swarmed with sacred cows, which were allowed to wander unchecked, competing with the people for the meager crops...