Word: rang
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Only the Houses have held Harvard together through 20 stormy years, Provost Buck suggested last night as Lowell House rang in its 20th birthday with a waitress-served dinner and punch "not wholly without appeal...
...trigger man, reported to be dark complexioned, rough looking, and hatless, rang the Thornes' bell and shot the psychiatrist in the chest twice when he answered the ring. Then he pumped five bullets into Mrs. Thorne when she came to investigate the source of the noise. Thorne died instantly. His wife was found unconscious, bleeding from chest and head wounds...
...workers (TIME, Sept. 4), last week served up another surprise. The company declared an extra $3 dividend, payable this month on top of the $1.75 quarterly dividend. This will boost dividends so far this year to $7.75, v. $5.25 for all of 1949. When the New York Stock Exchange rang the gong to open trading the next morning, Chrysler stock shot up 3½ points to 71¼, giving the entire market a fillip. At week's end, investors got more good news: the Senate shelved action on an excess profits tax until next year...
Baudouin was about to take the oath of allegiance to the constitution when a piercing cry rang through the hall: "Vive la République!" The cry had been voiced by Julien Lahaut, white-maned president of the Belgian Communist Party. His shocked fellow deputies (who wanted to get rid of Leopold, not of the monarchy) broke into hurried applause for Baudouin. The prince blushed furiously, his eyes downcast. Finally order was restored and Baudouin managed to say: "I swear to observe the constitution and the laws of the Belgian people...
Marines checked their packs, made camouflage nets for their helmets, sharpened knives and bayonets. It was hushed, tense activity which did not slacken until daylight was fading. And as night fell and the wind whistled through the rigging, 'Darken Ship' rang...