Word: keep
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Standing in the Sun. Since then Salumu has used the gendarmerie to keep Stanleyville in a perpetual state of terror. Fortnight ago he herded all 600 of Stanleyville's whites into an open field where they stood for hours in the broiling sun awaiting an "identity check." Passengers arriving by air were searched on arrival, then forced to stoop down and pick up their wallets and other belongings that Salumu's men had thrown to the ground. Daphne Parks, a consular official of the British embassy, was slapped twice by gendarmes, who then unzipped her dress. Priests...
...lady nabbed him during the intermission and explained that she had just begun guitar lessons and wanted to know how much practicing it would take until she could play "without looking." So Seeger offered his audience some advice on playing the guitar: "See how you strum; just keep the beat with your thumb, and it's as easy as walking. Of course it takes you two years to learn how to walk...
Some people connected with the local proposal have seemed to view the peace corps as a kind of Soc Rel experiment for the American participants. To keep this kind of thinking from taking precedence over the requirements of the emerging nations, the University might invite the Nigerian or Kenyan government to take part in the selection and indoctrination processes. Thus the primary purpose of the peace corps--that of aiding underdeveloped nations--can remain the focus of attention, and not be lost in extraneous sociological considerations...
Miler Mark Mullin, running in the 600 against teammate Dave Nawl and M.I.T. co-captain George Withbroe, showed that he is a hard man to keep down. He made his move in the last 100 yards and caught Nawi less than 15 yards from the finish. For a distance man who claims little natural speed, his time of 1:16.9 was excellent...
Late in the game, when the Eagles had exhausted all the conventional ways of scoring. Power and Chuck Chevalier, who tallied only two points but certainly earned his keep, took over. Power fed Quinn with a nifty behind the back pass to put B.C. over...