Word: forth
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...battered 1948 Chevrolet sedan rolled up. Douglas MacArthur stepped forth and advanced, hands in his pockets, his greasy, battered, gold-encrusted cap well down on his head. As the President stepped down, MacArthur held out his hand...
Democrats watched Alexander's skillful showmanship in exasperated frustration. Big (6 ft. 3 in.), handsome, and young (35), Bill Alexander already commanded a devoted following for his dynamic sermons. In his church, dressed in a cutaway, he prowls back & forth on the platform, crouching like a boxer (he was once an excellent amateur), leaping forward to his full height, gesticulating expressively, sweeping his listeners along. Sometimes he interrupts to point out his mother. "Stand up, Mama, and let the folks see you. There's my mom," he cries, as the congregation applauds. And then he tugs at heartstrings...
...remains unsurpassed in putting over a song (and a show). No lungs can send forth more compelling sounds, no lips can enunciate words more clearly. She functions with the precision of a machine and the animation of a cheer leader, and is as American-and as lowdown-as chewing gum. Beyond that is her showmanship: even when her material lays an egg, she makes it seem a golden...
...Waugh has tried to clear the satiric brambles out of his literary field, and to plant in their stead the herb of grace. He has had no very impressive crop so far, but most Waugh readers don't mind. They can be pretty sure another season will bring forth a bucketful of raspberries on the old Waugh briers...
Maguire, Cameron, and San Soucie placed third, forth, and fifth respectively for Harvard. Gerry, ninth, and Phillips, 14th, rounded out the counting times...