Word: stood
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Past Master. In Culver City, Calif., seven firemen on a fire truck dashed to a manhole fire, stood by as their captain, Bob Lowry, put it out with...
Four hours later, as Robert Best stood with his hands clasped behind him, the jury pronounced him guilty. Louise Best threw an arm around her brother's shoulder. "Don't worry about me, madame," he said. "You are now the sister of a convict." His sentence could be as low as five years in prison and a $10,000 fine, or as high as death...
Senator James P. Kem, Republican of Missouri, get in the first cracks of the evening, claiming that the GOP "supported and stood on the principles of the Constitution." The Democrats, he said, were like a "one-eyed mule--a left eyed mule--leaning forever to the left and close to falling into the ditch...
Requirements of the shooting schedule provided frequent opportunities for the gendarmes to raise a guestioning nightstick, but they stood by in quiet confusion as extras paraded a naked mannekin before the camera. "All part of the script," technicians explained...
Morton is fast and has a good arm and might prove a shot in the arm to Berg's lethargic outfield. As things formerly stood, he had two men working there who are pitchers by profession, merely to utilize their hitting power. Pitching has been one of Berg's lesser worries. Jim Gabler and Emmons have performed creditably, the latter hurling a three-run, eight-hit job against the Jayvees. Roy Meears has been valuable as a reliefer against B.U. and Milton, and should merit a starting assignment soon, perhaps against Governor Dummer Academy this afternoon at South Byfield. Although...