Word: hid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...February morning in 1945 a posse of 150 Garibaldis set out before dawn, slogged through snowy upland pastures toward Bella's headquarters. As they approached, they hid their weapons under their overcoats, and told the sleepy guards that they were partisans looking for shelter. Once inside, they shot and killed Bolla and three others. They looted the Osoppo supplies' and later rounded up and killed 16 more Osoppo...
...target for the night was Souchou, a Red rail center in northwest Korea. But fog and lowering clouds hid his objective from view. "Young Jim" changed course and headed for an alternate target...
...still scarce and high in Seoul, and black markets thrive everywhere. When military police decided to check all vehicles entering Seoul on the chance that they might be stolen or contain stolen parts, a near famine resulted. All the truckers who had been carrying food into the city promptly hid their vehicles under the nearest hayrack, leaving Seoul to starve until the MPs cooled off. Last week, adulterated whisky was selling for $20 a bottle on Seoul's black markets. On the other hand, G.I. pants (worth $15) could be had for as little...
Cambridge and Boston booksellers stripped their shelves of copies of "U.S.A. Confidential" and hid them away yesterday afternoon, after state police stated that sale of the book may lead to criminal and civil court action...
Back at their cedarlog lodge (a wedding present from the people of Kenya), Elizabeth and Philip bathed, rested, changed their clothes and settled down to discuss plans for pruning out some gum trees which hid their view of snowcapped Mount Kenya...