Word: ds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sarno reason to Tyler-ate speeding. We Bailey missed that Chapman. A Mueller horse should have Carey-d mo," quaked his assistant, Monahan-ds tremble, Murphy-t ache, Marriott pounds, and McCraney-um throbs--a Fitkin occur. It-Sar-della-brate plot--Bissell Kill...
...matter what his courses-on mortgages, notes and bills, evidence or crime-he gave them all with the same intensity. Phi Beta Kappas have flunked them and law-review editors have gotten Ds. Once he gave such a stiff examination that 31 out of his 35 students failed it. Later, the students gave him a dinner and presented him with a medal. On it was etched the motto of Verdun: Ils ne passeront pas (They shall not pass...
...Germans worked. In a matter of weeks, cities that had been deathly ruins on a semblance of life and order. ds of rubble became neat piles of brick and stone; bombed houses, patched withscraps from neighboring heaps, became habitable hutches. Here & there, in factories untouched or merely scarred by the bombings, some of the 70,000,000 Went back to making things. The conquerors, witnessing and sometimes assisting this early revival, realized that Germany was by no means a complete ruin (see above...
...flesh. When she walked on Carnegie Hall's stage and launched into Lucia's Mad Scene and an assortment of Mozart and Verdi fireworks, they lent attentive ears. Soprano Korjus flatted on a couple of high notes, sang a phrase or two off pitch. Her high Ds and Fs were a little strident. But she handled most of her arias with grace and ease. By the intermission, her fans had already reached a verdict: Miliza Korjus is not quite as good as her recordings, but she is one of the best coloraturas U.S. concertgoers have heard...
...swine. . . . Lack of sanitation is, directly or indirectly, responsible for a great percentage of the death losses. . . . Contrary to some opinions, the pig is an animal which thrives best when its quarters are clean, dry and comfortable. Dust, drafts, dampness and dirt (filth) are the four 'dangerous Ds...