Word: yarde
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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During the night, while the Sternists slept, units of the Israeli army ringed the jail with armored cars at ten-yard intervals. A loudspeaker in the courtyard summoned the prisoners to come out in groups of five and submit to search. As they surrendered, they were bundled off under heavy guard to the high-walled prison fortress of Acre. At the last count, 20 to 40 prisoners were still missing. Said a bemused government spokesman: "They probably went home to see their families and will be back in a few days...
...that separates most people from the church. He was a deep theologian who never lost the common touch. He became a socialist by 1906, when socialists were rare. In World War I, to his own vast amusement, he was put on a list of dangerous people compiled by Scotland Yard. In 1942, after he had led the Malvern Conference with its sweeping social program, Cartoonist David Low (no lover of prelates) drew him as a Samaritan among the super-godly...
Approximately 50 Yard-dwelling upperclassmen have been offered suites in Houses this year, the Housing Office has estimated...
...definitely committed to put the Freshmen back in the Yard," he said. Those Yearlings now living in Claverly and Apley--in addition to those now in the gym--will be moved to Yard dormitories by February...
Upperclassmen still in the Yard at mid-year "may very well have to be moved," Dean Watson explained, in order to make room for the men of '52. These upperclassmen will be placed either in the Houses--if rooms are available--or in the so-called "outside dormitories" at Apley and Claverly...