Word: well
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...usual one morning, when old Mrs. Tennant is absent from the castle, Edie draws back the curtains and the sun streams in. "She saw a quick stir beside the curls under which Mrs. Jack's head lay asleep, she caught sight of someone else's hair as well . . . retreating beneath the silk sheets." Dumfounded, Edie scuttles off to Housemaid Kate. "I seen the hair of 'is 'ead," she screams; "the Captain." "In your young lady's bed?" cries Kate. "Large as life," says Edie. Both housemaids collapsed onto their beds, rocking, crowing and shrieking until...
...Dear me!" exclaims the archdeacon, and well he may. He has just been informed that the Holy Grail, the very chalice from which Christ drank at the Last Supper, sits at that very moment in his own parish church at Fardles. The archdeacon rushes home and hides the battered old cup in a cupboard, but almost before he can say Sanctus he is conked cold, and the Grail is hijacked by one of the Devil's disciples...
...compared the squad favorably to last year's on the basis of the opening game performances; but rated it well below the strong '51 team which defeated Andover...
Lamar singled out the efforts of Stan Britton at end, Gill O'Neil at quarterback, John Ederer at halfback, and John Nichols at tackle, for praise, but emphasized that the whole team had performed well...
...hubbub caused by steel and coal strikes during recent weeks has obscured what may very well be the deciding factor in the negotiations still ahead; the delicate political position of Philip Murray as he attempts both to reach a settlement with the steel industry and maintain his leadership of the brawling...