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The event, staged yearly by Neusteters, will be held in the Opera House Wednesday, Aug. 16.
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The event, staged yearly by Neusteters, will be held in the Opera House Wednesday, Aug. 16.
held
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It will be preceded by luncheon in the Teter House.
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Mrs. Roger Mead is head of the luncheon table decorations Mrs. Stanley Wright is ticket chairman and Mrs. Theodore Pate is in charge of publicity.
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Mrs. Roger Mead is head of the luncheon table decorations Mrs. Stanley Wright is ticket chairman and Mrs. Theodore Pate is in charge of publicity.
is
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Mrs. Roger Mead is head of the luncheon table decorations Mrs. Stanley Wright is ticket chairman and Mrs. Theodore Pate is in charge of publicity.
is
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Members of the committee include Mrs. Milton Bernet, Mrs. J. Clinton Bowman, Mrs. Rollie W. Bradford, Mrs. Samuel Butler Jr., Mrs. Donald Carr Campbell, Mrs. Douglas Carruthers, Mrs. John C. Davis 3,, Mrs. Cris Dobbins, Mrs. William E. Glass, Mrs. Alfred Hicks 2,, Mrs. Donald Magarrell, Mrs. Willett Moore, Mrs. Myron N...
include
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The first committee meeting will be held on May 19.
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Mr. and Mrs. Andrew S. Kelsey of Washington, D. C., announce the birth of a daughter, Kira Ann Kelsey, on Monday in Washington, D. C..
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Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Rickenbaugh and Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Kelsey of Scarsdale, N. Y..
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Mrs. Kelsey is the former Miss Ann Rickenbaugh.
is
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Those qualities make Esther Marr a popular asset at the Salvation Army 's Social Center at 1200 Larimer st..
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The pert, gray-haired woman who came to Denver three years ago from Buffalo, N. Y., is a `` civilian '' with the Army.
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The pert, gray-haired woman who came to Denver three years ago from Buffalo, N. Y., is a `` civilian '' with the Army.
is
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Her position covers a number of daily tasks common to any social director.
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The job also covers a number of other items.
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`` Mom '' Marr, as the more than 80 men at the center call her, is the link that helps to bridge the gulf between alcoholics and the outside world and between parolees and society.
call
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`` Mom '' Marr, as the more than 80 men at the center call her, is the link that helps to bridge the gulf between alcoholics and the outside world and between parolees and society.
is
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`` Mom '' Marr, as the more than 80 men at the center call her, is the link that helps to bridge the gulf between alcoholics and the outside world and between parolees and society.
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`` Mom '' Marr, as the more than 80 men at the center call her, is the link that helps to bridge the gulf between alcoholics and the outside world and between parolees and society.
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Her day starts early, but no matter how many pressing letters there are to be written ( and during May, which is National Salvation Army Week, there are plenty ), schedules to be made or problems to be solved, Mrs. Marr 's office is always open and the welcome mat is out.
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Her day starts early, but no matter how many pressing letters there are to be written ( and during May, which is National Salvation Army Week, there are plenty ), schedules to be made or problems to be solved, Mrs. Marr 's office is always open and the welcome mat is out.
are
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Her day starts early, but no matter how many pressing letters there are to be written ( and during May, which is National Salvation Army Week, there are plenty ), schedules to be made or problems to be solved, Mrs. Marr 's office is always open and the welcome mat is out.
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Her day starts early, but no matter how many pressing letters there are to be written ( and during May, which is National Salvation Army Week, there are plenty ), schedules to be made or problems to be solved, Mrs. Marr 's office is always open and the welcome mat is out.
is
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Her day starts early, but no matter how many pressing letters there are to be written ( and during May, which is National Salvation Army Week, there are plenty ), schedules to be made or problems to be solved, Mrs. Marr 's office is always open and the welcome mat is out.
are
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Her day starts early, but no matter how many pressing letters there are to be written ( and during May, which is National Salvation Army Week, there are plenty ), schedules to be made or problems to be solved, Mrs. Marr 's office is always open and the welcome mat is out.
made
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Her day starts early, but no matter how many pressing letters there are to be written ( and during May, which is National Salvation Army Week, there are plenty ), schedules to be made or problems to be solved, Mrs. Marr 's office is always open and the welcome mat is out.
solved
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Her day starts early, but no matter how many pressing letters there are to be written ( and during May, which is National Salvation Army Week, there are plenty ), schedules to be made or problems to be solved, Mrs. Marr 's office is always open and the welcome mat is out.
is
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Her day starts early, but no matter how many pressing letters there are to be written ( and during May, which is National Salvation Army Week, there are plenty ), schedules to be made or problems to be solved, Mrs. Marr 's office is always open and the welcome mat is out.
is
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MRS. Marr is the first contact a Skid Row figure talks to after he decides he wants to pick himself up.
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MRS. Marr is the first contact a Skid Row figure talks to after he decides he wants to pick himself up.
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MRS. Marr is the first contact a Skid Row figure talks to after he decides he wants to pick himself up.
decides
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MRS. Marr is the first contact a Skid Row figure talks to after he decides he wants to pick himself up.
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MRS. Marr is the first contact a Skid Row figure talks to after he decides he wants to pick himself up.
pick
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She sees that there is a cup of steaming hot coffee awaiting him and the two chat informally as she presents the rules of the center and explains procedures.
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[ "see%2:31:03::" ]
She sees that there is a cup of steaming hot coffee awaiting him and the two chat informally as she presents the rules of the center and explains procedures.
is
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She sees that there is a cup of steaming hot coffee awaiting him and the two chat informally as she presents the rules of the center and explains procedures.
awaiting
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She sees that there is a cup of steaming hot coffee awaiting him and the two chat informally as she presents the rules of the center and explains procedures.
chat
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She sees that there is a cup of steaming hot coffee awaiting him and the two chat informally as she presents the rules of the center and explains procedures.
presents
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She sees that there is a cup of steaming hot coffee awaiting him and the two chat informally as she presents the rules of the center and explains procedures.
explains
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[ "explain%2:32:00::" ]
`` Usually at this point a man is withdrawn from society and one of my jobs is to see that he relearns to mingle with his fellow men '', Mrs. Marr explained.
is
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`` Usually at this point a man is withdrawn from society and one of my jobs is to see that he relearns to mingle with his fellow men '', Mrs. Marr explained.
is
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`` Usually at this point a man is withdrawn from society and one of my jobs is to see that he relearns to mingle with his fellow men '', Mrs. Marr explained.
see
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`` Usually at this point a man is withdrawn from society and one of my jobs is to see that he relearns to mingle with his fellow men '', Mrs. Marr explained.
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`` Usually at this point a man is withdrawn from society and one of my jobs is to see that he relearns to mingle with his fellow men '', Mrs. Marr explained.
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`` Usually at this point a man is withdrawn from society and one of my jobs is to see that he relearns to mingle with his fellow men '', Mrs. Marr explained.
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The Denverite has worked out an entire program to achieve this using the facilities of the center.
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The Denverite has worked out an entire program to achieve this using the facilities of the center.
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The Denverite has worked out an entire program to achieve this using the facilities of the center.
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`` And I bum tickets to everything I can '', she said.
bum
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`` And I bum tickets to everything I can '', she said.
said
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`` I 've become the greatest beggar in the world ''.
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In addition to the tickets to the movies, sporting events and concerts, Mrs. Marr lines up candy and cookies because alcoholics require a lot of sweets to replace the sugar in their system.
lines up
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In addition to the tickets to the movies, sporting events and concerts, Mrs. Marr lines up candy and cookies because alcoholics require a lot of sweets to replace the sugar in their system.
require
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In addition to the tickets to the movies, sporting events and concerts, Mrs. Marr lines up candy and cookies because alcoholics require a lot of sweets to replace the sugar in their system.
replace
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Mrs. Marr also has a number of parolees to `` mother '', watching to see that they do not break their parole and that they also learn to readjust to society.
has
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Mrs. Marr also has a number of parolees to `` mother '', watching to see that they do not break their parole and that they also learn to readjust to society.
mother
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Mrs. Marr also has a number of parolees to `` mother '', watching to see that they do not break their parole and that they also learn to readjust to society.
watching
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[ "watch%2:41:00::" ]
Mrs. Marr also has a number of parolees to `` mother '', watching to see that they do not break their parole and that they also learn to readjust to society.
see
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[ "see%2:31:03::" ]
Mrs. Marr also has a number of parolees to `` mother '', watching to see that they do not break their parole and that they also learn to readjust to society.
break
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[ "fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns" ]
[ "break%2:42:00::" ]
Mrs. Marr also has a number of parolees to `` mother '', watching to see that they do not break their parole and that they also learn to readjust to society.
learn
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[ "learn%2:31:00::" ]
Mrs. Marr also has a number of parolees to `` mother '', watching to see that they do not break their parole and that they also learn to readjust to society.
readjust
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[ "adjust anew" ]
[ "readjust%2:30:00::" ]
By mid-June, millions of Americans will take to the road on vacation trips up and down and back and forth across this vast and lovely land.
take
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[ "head into a specified direction" ]
[ "take%2:38:05::" ]
In another four weeks, with schools closed across the nation, the great all-American summer safari will be under way.
be
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[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
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By July 1, six weeks from now, motel-keepers all over the nation will, by 6 p. m., be switching on that bleak - to motorists - sign, `` No Vacancy ''.
switching on
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[ "cause to operate by flipping a switch" ]
[ "switch_on%2:35:00::" ]
No matter how many Americans go abroad in summer, probably a hundred times as many gas up the family car, throw suitcases, kids and comic books in the back seat, and head for home.
go
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[ "change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically" ]
[ "go%2:38:00::" ]
No matter how many Americans go abroad in summer, probably a hundred times as many gas up the family car, throw suitcases, kids and comic books in the back seat, and head for home.
gas up
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[ "fill with gasoline" ]
[ "gas_up%2:40:00::" ]
No matter how many Americans go abroad in summer, probably a hundred times as many gas up the family car, throw suitcases, kids and comic books in the back seat, and head for home.
throw
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[ "propel through the air" ]
[ "throw%2:35:00::" ]
No matter how many Americans go abroad in summer, probably a hundred times as many gas up the family car, throw suitcases, kids and comic books in the back seat, and head for home.
head
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[ "to go or travel towards" ]
[ "head%2:38:00::" ]
And where is `` home '', that magic place of the heart?
is
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[ "have an existence, be extant" ]
[ "be%2:42:00::" ]
Ah, that is simple.
is
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[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
Home is where a man was born, reared, went to school and, most particularly, where grandma is.
is
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[ "be identical to; be someone or something" ]
[ "be%2:42:06::" ]
Home is where a man was born, reared, went to school and, most particularly, where grandma is.
was born
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[ "come into existence through birth" ]
[ "be_born%2:30:00::" ]
Home is where a man was born, reared, went to school and, most particularly, where grandma is.
reared
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[ "bring up" ]
[ "rear%2:41:00::" ]
Home is where a man was born, reared, went to school and, most particularly, where grandma is.
went to
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[ "be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc." ]
[ "go_to%2:42:00::" ]
Home is where a man was born, reared, went to school and, most particularly, where grandma is.
is
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[ "have an existence, be extant" ]
[ "be%2:42:00::" ]
That is where we turn in the good old summertime.
is
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[ "be identical to; be someone or something" ]
[ "be%2:42:06::" ]
That is where we turn in the good old summertime.
turn
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[ "direct one's interest or attention towards; go into" ]
[ "turn_to%2:30:00::" ]
The land lies ready for the coming onslaught.
lies
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[ "be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position" ]
[ "lie%2:35:00::" ]
My husband and I, a month ahead of the rush, have just finished a 7 - day motor journey of 2809 miles from Tucson, Ariz., to New York City.
finished
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[ "finish%2:30:02::" ]
I can testify that motels, service and comfort stations ( they go together like Scots and heather ), dog wagons, roadside restaurants, souvenir stands and snake farms are braced and waiting.
testify
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[ "give testimony in a court of law" ]
[ "testify%2:32:01::" ]
I can testify that motels, service and comfort stations ( they go together like Scots and heather ), dog wagons, roadside restaurants, souvenir stands and snake farms are braced and waiting.
go
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[ "be or continue to be in a certain condition" ]
[ "go%2:42:07::" ]
I can testify that motels, service and comfort stations ( they go together like Scots and heather ), dog wagons, roadside restaurants, souvenir stands and snake farms are braced and waiting.
are
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[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
I hope it can be said without boasting that no other nation offers its vacationing motorists such variety and beauty of scene, such an excellent network of roads on which to enjoy it and such decent, far-flung over-night accommodations.
hope
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[ "expect and wish" ]
[ "hope%2:37:01::" ]
I hope it can be said without boasting that no other nation offers its vacationing motorists such variety and beauty of scene, such an excellent network of roads on which to enjoy it and such decent, far-flung over-night accommodations.
said
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[ "report or maintain" ]
[ "say%2:32:01::" ]
I hope it can be said without boasting that no other nation offers its vacationing motorists such variety and beauty of scene, such an excellent network of roads on which to enjoy it and such decent, far-flung over-night accommodations.
offers
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[ "make available or accessible, provide or furnish" ]
[ "offer%2:40:02::" ]
I hope it can be said without boasting that no other nation offers its vacationing motorists such variety and beauty of scene, such an excellent network of roads on which to enjoy it and such decent, far-flung over-night accommodations.
enjoy
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[ "take delight in" ]
[ "enjoy%2:34:00::" ]
Maybe motel-keeping is n't the nation 's biggest industry, but it certainly looks that way from the highway.
is
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[ "be identical or equivalent to" ]
[ "be%2:42:07::" ]
Maybe motel-keeping is n't the nation 's biggest industry, but it certainly looks that way from the highway.
looks
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[ "give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect" ]
[ "look%2:39:01::" ]
There are motels for all purposes and all tastes.
are
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[ "have an existence, be extant" ]
[ "be%2:42:00::" ]
There are even motels for local weather peculiarities, as I discovered in Shamrock, Tex..
are
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[ "have an existence, be extant" ]
[ "be%2:42:00::" ]
There are even motels for local weather peculiarities, as I discovered in Shamrock, Tex..
discovered
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[ "find unexpectedly" ]
[ "discover%2:40:00::" ]
There the Royal Motel advertises `` all facilities, vented heat, air conditioned, carpeted, free TV, storm cellar ''.
advertises
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[ "call attention to" ]
[ "advertise%2:32:01::" ]
Innumerable motels from Tucson to New York boast swimming pools ( `` swim at your own risk '' is the hospitable sign poised at the brink of most pools ).
boast
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[ "wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner" ]
[ "boast%2:42:00::" ]
Innumerable motels from Tucson to New York boast swimming pools ( `` swim at your own risk '' is the hospitable sign poised at the brink of most pools ).
swim
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[ "travel through water" ]
[ "swim%2:38:00::" ]
Innumerable motels from Tucson to New York boast swimming pools ( `` swim at your own risk '' is the hospitable sign poised at the brink of most pools ).
is
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[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
Innumerable motels from Tucson to New York boast swimming pools ( `` swim at your own risk '' is the hospitable sign poised at the brink of most pools ).
poised
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[ "be motionless, in suspension" ]
[ "poise%2:38:00::" ]
Some even boast two pools, one for adults and one for children.
boast
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[ "wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner" ]
[ "boast%2:42:00::" ]
But the Royal Motel in Shamrock was the only one that offered the comfort and security of a storm cellar.
was
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[ "be identical or equivalent to" ]
[ "be%2:42:07::" ]
But the Royal Motel in Shamrock was the only one that offered the comfort and security of a storm cellar.
offered
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[ "make available or accessible, provide or furnish" ]
[ "offer%2:40:02::" ]