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[001] ation of the injured parts, then to contend with the _____ inflammation and fever which would result from the w
[002] calls soon after he scheduled the election. Many _____ citizens feared that there would be irregularities a
[003] ing on the ponies. A House committee which heard his _____ option proposal is expected to give it a favorable r
[004] 5,000,000 the maximum loan the state could make to a _____ water project. Cotten construed this as a veiled
[005] s that Dallas is paying for all its water program by _____ bonds, and that less populous places would benefit m
[006] a program of federal leadership to assist states and _____ communities in their efforts to cope with the proble
[007] government would pay half the salary of a full-time _____ director. He expressed the opinion the city could
[008] headquarters so that pertinent information about the _____ organization would be centralized. Mr. Hawksley said
[009] ld be developed after information drifts down to the _____ level from the federal government. Rhode Island
[010] ime "with the continuous problem which confronts our _____ and state law enforcement officers as a result of th
[011] g Sunday sales". The attorney general has advised _____ police that it is their duty to enforce the blue law
[012] Sunday sales licenses provide "great revenue" to the _____ government. The council advised the governor that
[013] guilty to minor traffic offenses to pay fines at the _____ police station may be taken at Monday's special Nort
[014] st be taken to Sixth District Court for disposition. _____ police have hesitated to prosecute them because of t
[015] an told the gathering that reports from workers on a _____ level all over the state indicate that Jones will be
[016] FEB. 9 ( UPI)_ - The president of the Kansas City _____ of the International Association of Fire Fighters wa
[017] bing. A $500 reward was offered by the association's _____ in Kansas City, Kas. The association said it wo
[018] ugene Shiflett. Mining is secretary-treasurer of the _____ and Shiflett is a member of its executive committee.
[019] tand", said, "We must have faith in somebody- on the _____ level, and it wouldn't be possible for everyone to r
[020] rk is in the works, and once the lease is signed the _____ club will be formally recognized by Commissioner For
[021] All was quiet in the office of the Yankees and the _____ National Leaguers yesterday. On Friday, Roger Maris,
[022] e soft and spongy from the rains, thereby bringing _____ rules into force. #RULING FROM ON HIGH# "I can rem
[023] ill. ... Jean Fardulli's Blue Angel is the first top _____ club to import that crazy new dance, the Twist. They
[024] l purposes and all tastes. There are even motels for _____ weather peculiarities, as I discovered in Shamrock,
[025] s program in science, education and social action on _____ , national and international levels. #NOTED ARTIST#
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[001] itt, which rises to a height of 1,100 feet above the _____ of the sea. This is Norfolk Island, once the seat of
[002] ngle of Lake Grant. Nothing was easier, since if the _____ of the lake was raised two or three feet, the opening
[003] opening would be quite beneath it. Now, to raise this _____ they had only to establish a dam at the two openings
[004] m, whose ferocious instincts placed them on the same _____ . On the evening of the first day the colonists encamp
[005] although it was extremely difficult to reach even the _____ of the gulf. No one!--nothing! Indeed, in these three
[006] n the ridge by a moderate incline sloped down to the _____ of the sea. The engineer seized the wire and found t
[007] our passed. All climbed down through the rain to the _____ of the sea. There was now eight feet of the opening
[008] n raising his long degraded and heathen country to a _____ with the nations of Europe. From the age of ten year
[009] ved that the volcanic matter had not yet attained the _____ of the superior orifice of the central shaft. "But I
[010] ted that this elevation gradually sloped towards the _____ of the sea. Although the tide was at present low, no
[011] of the 23rd, in consequence of the lava attaining the _____ of the first stratum of the volcano, the hat- shaped
[012] developed after information drifts down to the local _____ from the federal government. Rhode Island is goin
[013] d the gathering that reports from workers on a local _____ all over the state indicate that Jones will be chose
[014] waiting for some leadership, perhaps on the national _____ , to make sure that whatever steps of planning they t
[015] reed that we need to hear some voice on the national _____ that would make some sense and in which we would hav
[016] said, "We must have faith in somebody- on the local _____ , and it wouldn't be possible for everyone to rush to
[017] more harm than good, especially at the minor league _____ . You would be surprised how many fans purposely stay
[018] couraging apartment construction, the generally high _____ of prosperity in the past few years plus rising cons
[019] ady was in arrears on their recently purchased split- _____ home when the tragedy staggered him with medical and
[020] bomb Monday, was 4 on Tuesday and 7 last Saturday, a _____ far below the danger point, according to the board o
[021] here is no reason to believe that an increase in the _____ here will occur as a result of the detonation.
[022] schedules for the next quarter. On the local _____ , compacts continue to grab a larger share of the mar
[023] afternoon when the list sank to a hoped-for "support _____ " represented by around 675 in the Dow Jones industri
[024] nd 675 in the Dow Jones industrial average. It was a _____ at which some of the investors standing on the sidel
[025] y under $18 billion in April, down 1% from the March _____ of more than $18.2 billion. April sales also were 5%
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[001] which his conscience had not yet absolved him. At any _____ the guilty man felt remorse, he repented, and his ne
[002] r one day speak of it? Time alone could show. At any _____ , it was agreed that his secret should never be asked
[003] extended, ready to produce the electric current at a _____ of twenty thousand miles a second. Two batteries had
[004] o us." "I think," observed the reporter, "that at any _____ we shall know what we have to depend on when we have
[005] rom us we shall see what will be best to do." "At any _____ ," remarked Pencroft, "it is well understood that if we
[006] wards the west. Dirty weather is coming on!" "At any _____ we have a favorable wind for reaching Cape Mandible,"
[007] s thinking of presenting it to America!" "But, at any _____ , is the water deep enough?" asked the engineer, "for
[008] for the sky was covered with thick clouds, and at any _____ a star would not have been so low on the horizon. Bu
[009] eir intelligence had as it were civilized. But at any _____ this ship brought news from the world, perhaps even f
[010] e, aimed at Bob Harvey, did not wound him, or at any _____ only slightly, and Ayrton, profiting by the momentary
[011] The beach appeared to be absolutely deserted. At any _____ , there was no trace of dwellings. Had the inhabitant
[012] he occurrence?" Cyrus Harding did not answer. "At any _____ ," said Gideon Spilett, "whether rock or explosion, y
[013] again." "It will be impossible," said Ayrton. "At any _____ ," observed Gideon Spilett to the sailor, "the explosi
[014] they came, intending to sort them afterwards. At any _____ , the settlers saw at once, with extreme satisfaction,
[015] ich they found themselves to begin a new life? At any _____ , for humanity's sake alone, it would be right to wait
[016] did not accomplish its principal object, would at any _____ be fruitful in discoveries, especially of natural pro
[017] Chimneys?" "Perhaps yes," replied Pencroft. "At any _____ , since we must leave Granite House for a long expedit
[018] at is exactly my opinion," said the reporter. "At any _____ in the event of bad weather, she will not be exposed
[019] y what means could inflammation be prevented? At any _____ , the most important thing was that the two wounds sh
[020] "but now we have the right to be merciless!" "At any _____ ," said the engineer, "we are obliged to wait some time
[021] this would be a powerful aid to the settlers! "At any _____ ," observed Gideon Spilett, "if happily Ayrton did man
[022] not tell whether the man had been hit or not. At any _____ , it was not enough to frighten away the band, and Ne
[023] f was not aware that he was in the corral. But at any _____ he would be in a position to give an account of what
[024] ake up. But we could not prevent it, could we? At any _____ , even if it should occur, I do not think Prospect Hei
[025] as safe now and no attacks were to be feared, at any _____ from men. However, that which had happened might hap
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[001] your right to be silent." "It is my duty to speak." " _____ down, then." "No, I will stand." "We are ready to hea
[002] e unhappiest over the news that Musial probably will _____ out most of the series is Bob Friend, who was beaten
[003] rested in those people who don't even try, those who _____ and draw welfare checks and line up for surplus food
[004] r in his home because it would be selfish for him to _____ secure while his neighbors had no shelters. Does thi
[005] e to take in a stranger. I hope the man who plans to _____ on his hands until the emergency comes will have a c
[006] and heart. He, like most of us, wants to be able to _____ , to contemplate and be moved by the great outdoors.
[007] glass; the def, a low-pitched tambourine. The girls _____ quietly with the musicians, wearing prim dresses or
[008] ng on basic salary. Although they are forbidden to _____ with the customers, the dancers are sometimes proffe
[009] turbed about these people. Instead, the audience can _____ back at ease and, from the perspective of an enlight
[010] d section in the sanctuary where all new members may _____ together. Sponsors may
[011] together. Sponsors may _____ with them also. _3)_ Invite sponsors or Fello
[012] en a long evening of idea-exchange. Around the table _____ Protestant, Catholic, and Jew. Each contributes some
[013] ost disturbing of all were the advisers he called to _____ with him in the Palace; many came from Communist cou
[014] en sounds best to me when I can dress informally and _____ in something more comfortable than a theatre seat.)
[015] by self-unloading wagons; (2) Mechanized bunks- they _____ within the feed lot, are filled by a mechanical conv
[016] "How are you going to live with it"? ## You can _____ back and moan and bewail your lot. Yes! You can do t
[017] lways a market for this line of work. Some women can _____ and sew, crochet, tat or knit by the hour, and look
[018] trouble with this big, beautiful dream. From where I _____ it looks more like a nightmare. People come to me
[019] all episode that a few New York fans who happened to _____ in the cheap seats for one World's Series game in 19
[020] Navona there are many delightful cafes where you can _____ , have a drink or lunch, and watch the fountains in t
[021] (perhaps to be chosen above all others). One of the _____ -in leaders has said: "Nobody from the top of Heaven
[022] it is not easy for the most objective Southerner to _____ calmly by when his host is telling a roomful of peop
[023] owns. Families go out to the edge of the terraces to _____ on carpets around a samovar. Below, people line the
[024] lem. But there have been abrupt changes as well: the _____ -ins, the picket lines, the bus strikes- all of these
[025] dancer slaps another, the victim may do a pirouette, _____ down, or offer his assailant a fork and spoon. Event
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[001] out twenty feet from the sheds, and from there it was _____ to overlook the flock of sheep, which then numbered
[002] go to the east coast of Australia, where it would be _____ to seize her. After having led the expedition near en
[003] take the 'Duncan' into Twofold Bay, where it would be _____ for the convicts to seize her, and her crew massacred,
[004] to me, that when one has built a boat it is just as _____ to build a ship!" "And in which we might go to the P
[005] ong this coast for the distance of half a mile. It was _____ to see that it was composed of blocks of all sizes, f
[006] rose again with the first streaks of dawn. As it was _____ to land, the usual hunters of the colony, that is to
[007] stream, which besides, when frozen, offered them an _____ passage. Plantations and domestic animals would then
[008] , and others. The access to these hunting-grounds was _____ ; besides, whether they reached them by the road to Po
[009] The horizon was still very clear. The examination was _____ , and Ayrton soon let the glass fall again, saying--
[010] s always situated in the after-part of a vessel, was _____ . There would be no want of powder in a vessel which f
[011] the ebb current being already weakened, it would be _____ for the brig to advance. But as to entering the chan
[012] servation. Access to the interior of the brig was now _____ . The tide was still going down and the deck was prac
[013] corral. The motion of the litter would have been more _____ for the wounded lad, but it would have necessitated t
[014] xtracted the soda and chlorine. The soda, which it was _____ to change into carbonate of soda, and the chlorine,
[015] marine vessel such as the 'Nautilus' ought to be very _____ , and that we should soon become accustomed to it. The
[016] most famous address of the free world. Within an _____ walk from Capitol Hill where Pennsylvania Avenue com
[017] ations and their cultural activities, and it will be _____ as a member of the fair staff to bring in acts", exp
[018] iving stocks of all kinds up. As a result, it is not _____ to find a stock priced as the Morton issue was price
[019] assar ebony or acacia. A high-legged buffet provides _____ -to- reach serving, a cocktail table has small snac
[020] erland. HERE'S an idea for a child's room that is _____ to execute and is completely charming, using puppets
[021] owerful man in Washington. Mr. Rayburn was not an _____ man to classify or to label. He was no flaming liber
[022] berately caused us pain or hardship it is not always _____ to say, "Just forget it". There is one thing I know;
[023] had a terrible row at Sochi. See, Communese is _____ - once you get onto it. Aug. 4, 1821, nearly a cen
[024] Every man who dabbles in the market to make a little _____ money on the side and suffers losses could at the ti
[025] to form a bull's-eye. One of the obstacles to the _____ control of a 2-year-old child is a lack of verbal co
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[001] iginal 13 states, perhaps is not the most impressive _____ in the District of Columbia from a commercial standp
[002] sides over the federal bureau of investigation. _____ car tracks run down the center of Pennsylvania, powe
[003] now and then have no new excitement later". #BASIN _____ BEAT# But she does indicate festivities will start e
[004] t early, that a jazz combo will "give with the Basin _____ beat" during the cocktail and dinner hours and that
[005] an edging of tulle. Mrs. Eustis Reily's olive-green _____ length silk taffeta dress was embroidered on the bod
[006] Norman B. Wiley, 38, of the 900 block North Charles _____ , was treated for cuts at Franklin Square Hospital af
[007] ic, entered the taxi at Pennsylvania avenue and Gold _____ . In another attack, Samuel Verstandig, 41, propri
[008] , proprietor of a food store in the 2100 block Aiken _____ , told police two Negroes assaulted him in his store
[009] ile in his automobile in the 200 block of West Pratt _____ . He was taken to University Hospital in a municip
[010] e parked in front of a barber shop at 229 West Pratt _____ . #BARBER SUMMONED# He called Vincent L. Piraro, pr
[011] d and robbed last night by a group of youths at 51st _____ and South Park way. Robinson was treated at a physic
[012] bus in front of Dunbar Vocational High school, 30th _____ and South Park way, and began "skylarking". Whe
[013] uth Park way, and began "skylarking". When 51st _____ was reached, Robinson related, he stopped the bus an
[014] Stickney speeding north in Stewart avenue at Central _____ . At Jenks
[015] . At Jenks _____ , Simms said, the car skidded completely around, just
[016] slid into a utility pole on Lake Avenue near Waddell _____ , NE, police said. The dead youth was identifie
[017] The north-bound entrance to the Expressway at 14th _____ will be closed during the afternoon rush traffic hou
[018] est methods to eliminate it. Incidentally, 14th _____ and the Expressway is the high accident intersection
[019] ection during daylight hours. It is followed by Cain _____ and Piedmont Avenue, NE; the junction of the Northe
[020] rthwest Expressways and Jones Avenue and Marietta _____ , NW. Four persons died in Georgia weekend traffi
[021] wing through the line, heavy vehicle traffic on Eddy _____ and tide conditions. A two-family house at 255
[022] tide conditions. A two-family house at 255 Brook _____ has been purchased by Brown University from Lawrence
[023] squatucket Avenue in North Providence near Stevens _____ . Mr. Stone suffered fractured ribs and chest cuts
[024] was off for about five minutes in houses along Smith _____ as far away as Fruit Hill Avenue shortly before 5 p.
[025] t $2, may be addressed to the society, 1044 Chestnut _____ , San Francisco 9. San Francisco firemen busied th
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[001] d and tide against us." "And the more so that it is a _____ moon to- day," remarked Herbert, "and these April tid
[002] dly dispelled the mist. The "Speedy" now appeared in _____ view, with a spring on her cable, her head to the no
[003] r fire from the dozen muskets, ran across the islet at _____ speed, jumped into their boat, crossed the channel at
[004] ning to Herbert. "Oh," cried Herbert, his countenance _____ of animation, "how I should like to thank him, he who
[005] began to be great. The forests of the island were in _____ leaf, and the time was approaching when the usual cro
[006] n trampled over; the ears of wheat, which were nearly _____ -grown, lay on the ground. The other plantations had no
[007] n long cascades, like water escaping from a vase too _____ , and a thousand tongues of fire crept over the sides
[008] ecurity and railroad retirement systems: _1._ _____ payment of hospital bills for stays up to 90 days fo
[009] a day of the cost for the first nine days. _2._ _____ payment of nursing home bills for up to 180 days fol
[010] ze its civil defense setup and begin by appointing a _____ -time director, Raymond H. Hawksley, the present city
[011] st nine years. He is not interested in being named a _____ -time director. Noting that President Kennedy ha
[012] he federal government would pay half the salary of a _____ -time local director. He expressed the opinion t
[013] fied city residents who would be willing to take the _____ -time CD job. One of these men is former Fire Chief
[014] ne advantage that would come to the city in having a _____ -time director, he said, is that East Providence woul
[015] the city council fails to consider appointment of a _____ -time CD director, Mr. Hawksley said, then he plans
[016] he years ahead". He urged New Jersey to "become a _____ partner in the courageous actions of President Kenne
[017] se disclosures Tuesday: The city has sued for the _____ amount of the $172,400 performance bond covering the
[018] $3100 per joint. Berger's decision to sue for the _____ amount of the performance bond was questioned by Wag
[019] ly $37,500 to the Hughes company. "We won't know the _____ amount until we get a
[020] amount until we get a _____ report", Wagner said. "We can claim on the maxi
[021] Berger insisted that "we know enough to sue for the _____ amount". Douglas M. Pratt, president of the PTC,
[022] reak to four straight. They now lead Louisville by a _____ game on top of the American Association pack. N
[023] uries and they also have Vinegar Bend Mizell for the _____ season, along with Bobby Shantz". Tonight at 8 o'
[024] lice court here at the end of a three day hearing. A _____ trial was ordered for: Two British civil servan
[025] sion was to request the United States to establish a _____ -fledged military assistance group instead of the cur
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[001] place. At meal times he never came to Granite House, _____ invited several times to do so, but contented himself
[002] breakfast a magnificent loaf, a little heavy perhaps, _____ raised with yeast, appeared on the table at Granite
[003] d to utilize. In fact as the fulling- mill was there, _____ not then in use, its beam moved with extreme power w
[004] ite House. There were, however, a few storms, which, _____ they were not of long duration, swept over Lincoln I
[005] asting vote in maritime questions; "I do not say no, _____ it is not exactly the same thing to make a long as a
[006] a feeling of surprise bordering on stupefaction. But, _____ they remained silent, Top, not being troubled with fe
[007] he head of the vessel towards the land. Fortunately, _____ the wind was strong the sea, being sheltered by the l
[008] plicable incident occurred. Nothing strange happened, _____ Pencroft and Neb were on the watch for the most insi
[009] the series of supernatural incidents was interrupted, _____ they often talked of them during the evenings in Gran
[010] e sea being calm, she would not be afraid to approach _____ the shallows were not marked on the chart. Towards f
[011] on the coast?" This was a serious question, and yet, _____ the engineer still retained some of his presentiments
[012] to accompany Ayrton as far as the islet. It may be, _____ it is scarcely possible, that one of these villains h
[013] magine a collection of greater ruffians. Sometimes,-- _____ very rarely,-- notwithstanding the extreme surveilla
[014] rus Harding had clearly represented their situation, _____ he spoke in the calmest voice, as if it was a questi
[015] ned in the air and on the water. Pencroft and Ayrton, _____ they knew they ran the risk of being cut off, had not
[016] he four guns struck blindly, both on the Mercy post, _____ it was not occupied, and on the Chimneys. The rocks
[017] the colonists should be on their guard against them. _____ the bridges over the Mercy were raised, the convicts
[018] As to the papers on board, it is useless to say that, _____ he carefully searched the lockers of the poop, Hardin
[019] s their behavior towards the pirates was agreed upon, _____ Pencroft augured nothing good from it. They were not
[020] s wound, and they were determined to make this move, _____ the communication through Jacamar Wood was very diff
[021] their most useful auxiliary. They waited, therefore, _____ they were anxious to be reunited at Granite House. I
[022] " cried Pencroft, "and that we were there, too! For, _____ the rascals can do nothing to our house, they may pl
[023] ees. It was necessary, therefore, to follow this way, _____ it was well known to the convicts. Cyrus Harding and
[024] evidently necessary to make trial of this substance, _____ not so valuable as Peruvian bark, and to employ it i
[025] last man. No traces were found on the western coast, _____ they were carefully sought for. No more footprints,
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[001] Only 11 senators were on the floor and there was no _____ vote. A number of scattered "ayes" and "noes" was he
[002] r administration. But I shall campaign on the Meyner _____ to meet the needs of the years ahead". He urged
[003] G. De Sapio, the Manhattan leader. He is publicly on _____ as believing Mr. De Sapio should be replaced for the
[004] land Sheldon, a rookie righthander who posted a 15-1 _____ last year for the Yanks' Auburn (N.Y.) farm club of
[005] George Kerr, the swift-striding Jamaican, set a meet _____ in the 600-yard run in the Knights of Columbus track
[006] in a hot duel in 1.10.1. Kerr, who set the world _____ earlier this month in New York with a clocking of 1.
[007] der, bespectacled woman broke the one-week-old world _____ in the half-mile run. Mrs. Grace Butcher, of ne
[008] nee, then played 77 minutes in 1956. His statistical _____ that year, when Texas won only one game and lost nin
[009] aylor's 126), but idle Baylor has the best defensive _____ (187.5 yards per game to Texas' 189). A+ M has the
[010] iants and the Giants' Willie Mays retaliating with a _____ -tying 4-homer spree Sunday. Both, of course, were
[011] on game at Bears Stadium Oct. 14, 1951, before a new _____ crowd for the period of 18,792. #@# "SPAHNIE DOESN
[012] American or National fan and anti or pro-Yankee. The _____ books, however, would favor the Giants' ace. In
[013] hs. He won the Masters, the United States Open and a _____ $80,738 in prize money. He was heralded as "Sportsma
[014] t baseball's world champions. The Pirates have a 9-6 _____ this year and the Redbirds are 7-9. #CHANGE IN PIT
[015] glio, for several reasons: 1. Broglio's 4-0 won-lost _____ and 1.24 earned-run mark against Pittsburgh a year a
[016] suffering from a stiff neck. Haddix has a 13-8 _____ against the Redbirds, despite only a 1-3 mark in 196
[017] ill ride the bench on the seventh anniversary of his _____ five-home run day against the Giants. "I have t
[018] home runs. Friend is off to a great start with a 4-0 _____ but isn't likely to see action here this week.
[019] Other lettermen from the team that compiled a 21-9 _____ and finished as runner-up in the National Invitation
[020] ield Jr., Mantle just might break the most glamorous _____ on the books, Babe Ruth's 60 homers of 1927. #FOUR F
[021] f years the board used a machine to keep a permanent _____ but abandoned the practice about two years ago.
[022] ial subsidies and incentive payments, well above the _____ $1.1 billion of 1958 and about double the $639 milli
[023] stimated at $39.5 billion, $1.5 billion above 1960's _____ high. Net income may reach $12.7 billion, up $1 bill
[024] elow those of April last year, when volume reached a _____ for any month, $18.9 billion (see chart on Page One)
[025] Bales ... I'm sure you've heard af him ... and his _____ , 'The Confederacy'". Along with the gallery aide