Word: driven
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...railroad station, a locomotive engineer who had been tooting his whistle frantically throughout the early hours of the fighting finally decided to make a break for it; his train got through, but a hospital train that tried to re-enter the city later, to take out the wounded, was driven off. The engineer was shot dead at the throttle...
...century ago, race relations in New Zealand were no better than in many other parts of the world. The white man had arrived, made war on the native Maoris, a people of Polynesian race, killed many and driven the survivors off the good pasture lands. In 1856 Dr. Isaac E. Featherston, a member of Parliament, wrote: "The Maoris are dying out. Our plain duty, as good, compassionate colonists, is to smooth down their dying pillow. Then history will have nothing to reproach us with...
...Cleveland Indians have the biggest harvest in huge First Baseman Lucius ("Luke") Easter and stocky Third Baseman Albert ("Flip") Rosen. Between them they have hit 42 home runs, driven in 119, made pennant contenders of a club that finished fourth last year...
...early this season when Regular Billy Goodman was sidelined with an injury. Dropo was hurriedly called up from Louisville and plunked on first base, and no one has been able to budge the big man since then. His 22 home runs, his .351 batting average and his 90 runs driven in put him right up with the American League leaders in all three departments...
...Open Road. In Brooklyn, William Niacharico explained to cops why he had climbed into a loaded municipal garbage truck and driven off: "It was a nice day and I felt like taking a ride...