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[001] er point of the balloon swung a car, containing five _____ , scarcely visible in the midst of the thick vapor mi
[002] thousand miles in twenty-four hours. At any rate the _____ , destitute of all marks for their guidance, could not
[003] o a horizontal position. Perceiving their danger, the _____ cast away the last articles which still weighed down
[004] g the car of all the articles which it contained, the _____ had been able to prolong their suspension in the air
[005] sappeared into space. But the car had contained five _____ , with a dog, and the balloon only left four on the s
[006] he oar brought the canoe into a little creek, and its _____ leaped on shore. Pencroft was not mistaken. Two barr
[007] h the land, where they might afterwards find it, the _____ had taken the precaution to buoy it up by means of th
[008] ssel has been driven into this quarter, and that her _____ , wishing to save necessaries at least, prepared this
[009] s already a quarter of a mile from the coast when the _____ perceived on the heights of Granite House two men wa
[010] er and Neb were waiting on the beach, and before the _____ had time to leap on to the sand, Harding said: "We ha
[011] ner among the Indians. "The 'Duncan' disembarked her _____ on the western coast of Patagonia, and sailed to pick
[012] nd having fallen, nothing disturbed the silence. The _____ , with the exception of the sailor, scarcely slept as
[013] not discover even a projection which would allow the _____ to leave the deck. Pencroft consoled himself by sayin
[014] y break in at any moment. We are in the condition of _____ whose ship is devoured by a conflagration which they
[015] and Midwest and a plane left from Seattle taking on _____ at West Coast points. Cocktails and a buffet supp
[016] so, hardly anyone of the crew of six or the 65 other _____ paid any attention to the man and teen-age boy who
[017] ana; they would have to refuel at El Paso. Most _____ didn't know what had happened until they got on the
[018] r liner. Since 1957, more and more trans-Atlantic _____ have been crossing by air. Economy class fares and
[019] es and charter flights have attracted almost all new _____ to the airlines. Competition from other steamship li
[020] other steamship lines has cut Cunard's share of sea _____ from one-third to one-fourth and this year the line
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[001] gs of Doris' new one, "Lover Come Back", and "Flower _____ Song". ... Whee the People: Lovely Thrush Annamorena
[002] rd with your child's whims. Although a straight _____ shade would be adequate and sufficiently neutral tha
[003] over the countries of capitalism. Evidently the war _____ beating and hysteria so painstakingly being stirred
[004] e oud, grandfather of the lute; the darbuka, a small _____ with the treelike shape of a roemer glass; the def,
[005] her John Sellers sang five "blues" to the guitar and _____ accompaniments of Bruce Langhorne and Shep Shepard,
[006] en in the hubbub of camp, on stumps, pieces of bark, _____ heads, or the knee. In the South, after the first ye
[007] to show that the house was locked up tighter than a _____ , this was not true. The screen door was unlocked for
[008] wore. The sound of his footsteps was like a muffled _____ . At the top of the stairs he ran into somebody st
[009] air was stretched over the zenith like the skin of a _____ . Leaving her house one late afternoon, Mrs. Pastern
[010] in, closer now and louder, like a steadily advancing _____ corps. There were several people on the porch of the
[011] ed steer bones against the gourd which served as his _____ . He showed his gleaming tusks of teeth and bellowed
[012] hitman. Whitman's text comes from a series of poems, _____ Taps, which he wrote in reaction to the American Civi
[013] ed as one of the originators of the style now called _____ 'n' bass. 'Grooverider Presents the Prototype Years'
[014] f acid house, most of this album is spooky, abstract _____ 'n' bass. That means spacey drones accented by metal
[015] v. America Online, someone was using a chat room to _____ up interest in a questionable videotape that he had m
[016] re. This could herald the concept of evolution-in- a- _____ , methods for producing molecules that self- assemble
[017] , with Chorus in a red hat and sash beating the bass _____ . It is an immediate, positive image which embodies the
[018] vers more comprehensible. It is Mr York who bangs the _____ in John Kirkpatrick's apparently authentic, and certa
[019] gs of Doris' new one, "Lover Come Back", and "Flower _____ Song". ... Whee the People: Lovely Thrush Annamorena
[020] rd with your child's whims. Although a straight _____ shade would be adequate and sufficiently neutral tha
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[001] parts of Peru, democratic elections will simply be a _____ dream. ’Ä¢Foreign News Page 14 891010 Somalia is dis
[002] Brundle's trouble had been caused by a split exhaust _____ which overheated a shock absorber. An eventful race f
[003] le companies take the service from the satellite and _____ it to customers. There is no need to buy a dish, as m
[004] inally the club president, sat all alone, smoking his _____ , in the directors' box. ’Ä¢Sport Page 37 891005 Baske
[005] we have gone through. I would rather even have lost my _____ ! Confound the box! Where can it be?" "Look here, the
[006] d a little lime and quartz. This paste made regular " _____ - clay," with which they manufactured bowls, cups mol
[007] if the clay thus prepared was worthy of its name of _____ -clay, made some large pipes, which he thought charmi
[008] ed in the first room, which served as a kitchen. The _____ destined to conduct the smoke outside gave some trou
[009] the granite above the window of the kitchen, and the _____ met it like that of an iron stove. Perhaps the winds
[010] ver seen his favorite plant except in the bowl of his _____ . "No, Pencroft," replied Herbert; "this is not tobacc
[011] cture of which presented the most difficulty, was the _____ of the glass- maker, an iron tube, five or six feet l
[012] leaves, and one fine day we will present him with a _____ already filled!" "All right, Herbert, and on that day
[013] ell, a cup of coffee, my friend?" "Nothing more." "A _____ , then?" Pencroft jumped up, and his great good- natu
[014] saw the reporter presenting him with a ready-filled _____ , and Herbert with a glowing coal. The sailor endeavor
[015] speak, but could not get out a word; so, seizing the _____ , he carried it to his lips, then applying the coal, h
[016] ged like a Turk at the entrance to Granite House! "My _____ ," cried Pencroft. "He has taken my
[017] ," cried Pencroft. "He has taken my _____ ! Hello, my honest Jup, I make you a present of it! S
[018] e quite familiar. But from this day Master Jup had a _____ of his own, the sailor's ex-
[019] of his own, the sailor's ex- _____ , which was hung in his room near his store of tobacc
[020] neer, showing the broken cylinder. "What, that bit of _____ !" exclaimed Pencroft in a tone of perfect incredulit
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[001] disruption in the Siberian and Ukrainian coalfields. _____ , in the current strike which really matters, Azerbaij
[002] ing made to snare them by hanging nets between trees. _____ , priests are trying to persuade the survivors that th
[003] es. Three countries - Denmark, Ireland and Belgium - _____ indicated yesterday that they remain opposed to anoth
[004] wrong with the cancer cell at the moment". In France _____ , Dominique Stehelin, a director of research for the
[005] valuable psychological victory to the pro- choicers. _____ , Marshall Coleman is making his second attempt to be
[006] ere they wait until they have foundhousing and jobs. _____ they have all the benefits of West German social sec
[007] lents at home must be swept out of the way, he said. _____ , contradictory reactions by the authorities in variou
[008] n the final two races in Japan and Australia. Prost, _____ , can do no more and the pressure is now with his tea
[009] ford with goals from Jane Swinnerton and Sian Jones. _____ , Hightown were 3-0 winners against Clifton on the Bri
[010] move up to a mile and a quarter might be considered. _____ , as Ladbrokes shortened Nashwan's odds for next Sund
[011] as been expressed about playing on the Friday night". _____ the League has written to Sunderland, demanding an e
[012] fore making known his findings, probably in January. _____ , Mel Levine, a United States Congressman, is introduc
[013] tly guarded, that escape appeared impossible. In the _____ Captain Harding was rejoined by a servant who was de
[014] d not present itself, but was very difficult to find. _____ Grant continued his energetic operations. The victory
[015] avy gloom hung over all the part east of the island. _____ , the sky was clearing little by little. Towards midni
[016] ed him back directly, begging him not to wander away. _____ , the sailor attentively observed the disposition and
[017] about to taste a piece of grouse, scarcely breathed. _____ , the birds walked about the hooks, without taking an
[018] ome sudden thought reopened them almost immediately. _____ the night advanced, and it was perhaps two hours from
[019] at as soon as possible. This was the opinion of all. _____ , the care which was lavished on the engineer brought
[020] d!" said the sailor, "the captain will help us soon." _____ the cold became very severe, and unhappily they had n
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[001] the condition in which we are. Do not forget that, I _____ of you." "No, captain, no, we shan't forget it," repl
[002] watchful indeed, my friends," replied Harding; "and I _____ you to confine your hunting excursions to the neighbo
[003] "But that is not a wreck!" cried Gideon Spilett. "I _____ your pardon!" returned Pencroft. "Why? is it--?" "It
[004] ulate a word. "Sir," said he at last, "I have come to _____ you to grant me a favor." "What is it?" "You have, f
[005] in--" answered the sailor, little disposed to obey. "I _____ of you, Pencroft," said the engineer. "Very well!" re
[006] her searchingly. I wanted to grab her by the arm and _____ her to wait, to consider, to know for certain becaus
[007] u may seek His favor, humble yourself before Him and _____ His mercy, implore His forgiveness, forsake your sin
[008] invent new ideas of their own, and those who borrow, _____ , or steal from others. Seemingly, with an unrestr
[009] "I am going to trouble you with a commission which I _____ you will execute with the greatest secrecy. If she
[010] conversation open. He had something more to say. "I _____ to inquire if the back is now safe for travelers", h
[011] into the shallow water and listened to their voices _____ shrilly. In a confused, soaked and stumbling shift o
[012] g? What had he thought of, to go to John, grovel and _____ understanding? To confess with a canvas chair as a p
[013] Why don't you bastards lay off for a while"? "I _____ your pardon, sir"? "All right. This is Dale Nelso
[014] ned, both of them, about Abraham Wharf. That's why I _____ you not to forget him. His ghost is not laid. Red an
[015] there that she would have to enact her renunciation, _____ forgiveness. Perhaps it was insane, Pamela though
[016] boy-furiendo? Maybe you likee date with me"? "I _____ your pardon"! Tommy said out of her cold rage. "I do
[017] the condition in which we are. Do not forget that, I _____ of you." "No, captain, no, we shan't forget it," repl
[018] watchful indeed, my friends," replied Harding; "and I _____ you to confine your hunting excursions to the neighbo
[019] "But that is not a wreck!" cried Gideon Spilett. "I _____ your pardon!" returned Pencroft. "Why? is it--?" "It
[020] ulate a word. "Sir," said he at last, "I have come to _____ you to grant me a favor." "What is it?" "You have, f
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[001] dlines. Over in Nancy, Simone Weber, the so- called " _____ of Nancy", is now the undisputed record-holder for im
[002] r ears. "What does that mean?" cried Neb. "Was it the _____ who rang it?" No one answered. "The weather is stormy
[003] t on canvas has lost none of its fascination. _THE _____ HIMSELF._ The son of a railway stationmaster, Sch
[004] hs of Student Schiele's tantrums and rebellion: "The _____ himself must have defecated you into my classroom"!
[005] evil beings. For all involved in this discussion the _____ is a real entity who can really be confronted in the
[006] e play is that the very belief in and concern with a _____ who could be met in the woods and combatted with for
[007] ry thing that prevented them from detecting the real _____ when he came among them. We marvel at their blindnes
[008] htly do not believe there is any such "thing" as the _____ , just as bad off as they- only in a different way? I
[009] superficial change has wiped out God's beard and the _____ 's horns, but the world is still gripped between two
[010] worthlessness- until redeemed- the necessity of the _____ may become evident as a weapon, a weapon designed an
[011] those who read or view this play should think of the _____ as being actually real. Yet such is the dramatic pow
[012] s created with the capacity for immortality, but the _____ 's promise of immortality in exchange for disobedienc
[013] of future bliss in your orbit? Or are you trying the _____ 's substitutes to relieve that spiritual hunger you f
[014] . Men spit on Him. God allowed it. They called Him a _____ . God withheld His wrath. Finally men arrested Him, g
[015] heaven. You may refuse Him, spit on Him, call Him a _____ , curse Him. It is permitted. You may take His name u
[016] ed, and served with this original sauce: #WRIGHT'S _____ SAUCE# Put into a saucepan a cupful of the baked ham
[017] ng Lindbergh's flight to Paris earlier in 1927, dare _____ aviators overnight became legendary heroes. In Conco
[018] , which amounts to doing what you please and let the _____ take the hindmost. At the same time, because the per
[019] 'judgement day', 'Gabriel's horn', and a frustrated _____ - with a few random 'Hallelujahs' thrown in for good
[020] knew whether he had to do with a Frenchman or with a _____ . To the pope, head of the universal Church, to the d
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[001] politic to speak or even think of such a thing. Those _____ enough to put their heads above the parapet - still
[002] bled out of the top 10 and Biggs is now ranked 27th. _____ assertions are what we have come to expect from visi
[003] gone from him since then and he was unable to fulfil _____ pre-fight assertions. Both men took heavy blows and b
[004] would encounter. It is needless to say that he was a _____ , dashing fellow, ready to dare anything and was aston
[005] es with long, flat, pointed beaks--a clamorous tribe, _____ in the presence of man, who probably for the first t
[006] Yes, my boy," replied the engineer. "These pirates are _____ sailors as well as formidable enemies, and we must ta
[007] and and notebook in the other, sketched the coast in _____ strokes. Neb, Herbert, and Pencroft chatted, while ex
[008] "However, Lord Glenarvan would not give up. He was a _____ and generous man. He embarked in a merchant vessel,
[009] ton made preparations for his departure. His plan was _____ , but it might succeed, thanks to the darkness of the
[010] pon individual or national politics- because of the " _____ program for building communism in our time" which th
[011] cies. The penalty for this is noticeable in the big, _____ , brilliant, but brassy piano sounds in Melody and Pe
[012] ards very close to his chest when he so desired, yet _____ and resolute in his decisions, and possessing one gi
[013] artner. Mr. Skolovsky's approach to the concerto was _____ , sweeping and tonally percussive. He swept through t
[014] ent, post-war victory years of peace and prosperity, _____ speculations and extravaganzas, enjoyment and pleasu
[015] the first Cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury. His _____ fiscal program and his broad interpretation of the C
[016] in other cases he has appealed to federal laws. This _____ self-assertion, after decades of humble subservience
[017] inter; strongly colorful, plastic, racy, vivid. In a _____ , sometimes careless, form there is nothing academic;
[018] ther two centuries and die out only when Charles the _____ of Burgundy met his first defeat in the fields and f
[019] going to be done this year to celebrate Garibaldi's _____ and unsuccessful defense of Rome. All that the Engli
[020] ht ahead. But the stranger was nimbler still. With a _____ arm, he dared once more to obstruct them. Katie rear
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[001] legitimate debate while the audience is temporarily _____ . Piecemeal highlights are all very well, but viewers
[002] Mercy and Lake Grant, an advantage which must not be _____ . And, besides, this side, looking towards the east,
[003] ason was approaching, the alimentary question was not _____ . Every day, the reporter and Herbert, who had been v
[004] uring all this time the necessary works had not been _____ . The corral was enlarged, for the flock of musmons a
[005] rbert, "an inhabitant, whoever he was, could not have _____ such an important culture!" "Yes," said Pencroft, "th
[006] was of the highest importance that nothing should be _____ on this point. The works were then resumed. Cyrus Ha
[007] expanded space program, a responsibility similarly _____ by Mr. Eisenhower. The farm program will cost an add
[008] d pleasingly informal. @ WHAT was omitted from "A _____ Education" were those essentials known as "the facts
[009] With Britain looking inward, overseas problems were _____ and the baton was passed on to the United States.
[010] ing parts of the fellowship. Very easily they may be _____ and eventually join the ranks of the unconcerned and
[011] ioboola-Gha was so intense that she quite forgot and _____ her son Peepy! Likewise, the ecumenist may become so
[012] rvatism is, or rather, what it should be. For it was _____ , not to say nascent, when the struggle began. I saw
[013] oral law is just ordinary common sense, applied to a _____ field. Religion thus becomes integrated with life.
[014] d by seeking out forms of personal property hitherto _____ or ignored. Taxation of tangible movable proper
[015] indful that the one type of warfare cannot be safely _____ in favor of the other. Our military forces must be
[016] certain that no important segment of the economy is _____ . Simultaneously we should be underlining the interre
[017] iction that short-term casework had an important but _____ place in our network of social services. Her conclus
[018] touches upon but fails to explore an idea, generally _____ in discussions of the book, which I believe is centr
[019] h the platform servo and the accelerometer have been _____ . With these factors included, an upper limit is plac
[020] age save the river, where streets and sidewalks were _____ and where there was much poverty and crime. Wil
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[001] t forty-five years of age; his close-cut hair and his _____ , of which he only kept a thick mustache, were alread
[002] under his mustache, and he wore a little curly brown _____ . "A handsome fellow!" said Pencroft; "if we only kne
[003] lowest degree of brutishness! Shaggy hair, untrimmed _____ descending to the chest, the body almost naked excep
[004] it is impossible to see his features under the thick _____ which covers his face, but he is no longer young, an
[005] hem to suppose this, and, besides, through the bushy _____ , and under the shaggy, matted hair, the engineer tho
[006] ent when he was sleeping, to cut his hair and matted _____ , which formed a sort of mane and gave him such a sav
[007] t he must be handsome, tall, strong, with a splendid _____ , radiant hair, and that he must be seated on clouds,
[008] cent head, the forehead high, the glance commanding, _____ white, hair abundant and falling over the shoulders.
[009] 2 a great but superficial change has wiped out God's _____ and the Devil's horns, but the world is still grippe
[010] ance of starving. He had long black hair and a wispy _____ . The ridges over his eyes were huge and his eyelids
[011] s wearing the robes of Santa Claus and a great white _____ ; the Honorable Robert Wagner, Sr., at that time a ju
[012] Hetman at the city desk. Mr. Baer had an auburn _____ , like Longfellow's. Mr. McCay had on a sort of Emper
[013] low's. Mr. McCay had on a sort of Emperor Maximilian _____ and mustache. As for myself, I had on an enormous bl
[014] of the rewrite telephones with my derby and my great _____ , Arthur Brisbane whizzed in with some editorial copy
[015] expedient to take off my derby, my glasses, and the _____ ; and also to change telephones. I managed to do this
[016] shambling into camp, they were all elbows, hair, and _____ . They emerged as interchangeable cogs in a faulty bu
[017] self or not. A hundred years ago I would have worn a _____ with pride. And those without beards would have stoo
[018] in the room of study, a gentle old man with a white _____ and luminous grey eyes, robed in black gabardine wit
[019] trembling. His jowls were spiked by barbs of graying _____ . His small, mean eyes regarded Marty steadily, unbli
[020] ert faces. Handley married Freya and Red, of the red _____ , married Anta. And it was because of an old Norberg