Word: worded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...manner of the leader of the state bar (say, Virginia) who could leave the courtroom after a performance and settle on the veranda, recount the day to his family, telling what he had borrowed from Plato and what from Sir Walter Scott, and conclude: 'And every word I said to them I know in my heart to be true...
...rearing of her family. When the President died, she turned down the pension awarded her by the government, so that the money might be used for needier war widows and orphans. Even the Communist-led Hukbalahaps, who spread terror through the hills of Central Luzon, could find no word to say against Doña Aurora...
...emergency meeting-but not to do any firing. On.the contrary, said the Supervisors, Stoke had been doing such a fine job that they wanted to give him a formal vote of confidence. In case anyone had any doubts about the future of Harold Stoke, the board had a word from Earl Long: "I am glad to leave to your judgment," said the governor, "the administration of L.S.U. I have never interfered and will not interfere with the selection of those to head the university...
Veteran Outfielder Johnny Lindell thought he had the word for the surprising early-season form of the New York Yankees : rhythm. "When the batters are cold, the pitchers are hot, and vice versa." Manager Casey Stengel admitted, in an ecstatic sort of way, that he was baffled. Instead of falling on their faces without the ailing Joe DiMaggio, the Yankees headed west this week after one of their best starts in years: ten wins in 13 games, and with a line-up composed largely of guys named Elmer...
Beethoven in Ballparks. Last week, with his orchestra midway through its fourth annual tour, Conductor Swalin was proud of his boast that "in North Carolina, the word 'symphony' is no longer something to be afraid of." Minneapolis-born and Vienna-trained, Ben Swalin had had his big idea for a traveling symphony while teaching music appreciation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There was hardly a city in the state that was large enough to support a regular symphony. Swalin decided that if people couldn't come to the music, then the music should...