Word: air
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harry Truman had not had such a vacation since spring. But despite the relaxed atmosphere, reporters thought they noticed something new about Harry Truman. There was an air of firmness, a new confidence in his bearing. President-elect Truman seemed determined to run his own show...
...ships disappeared from the river. Only the Day Line, "the Albany night boat," and a few others lingered on. The day boats maintained an air of spinsterish respectability. The night boat took on a raffish tilt. It became the favorite vehicle of newlyweds and not-yet-weds, of petty coggers and straw-hatted drummers. Later, vacationists bound for the Adirondacks still patronized it, grateful that they could stow their cars in its hold and their young in its berths...
...final Crimson score came on a second circus catch by Hudner as he snared a pass which the defending halfback batted into the air. This time Chris Lindsay scored the point...
Winthrop exhibited a porous defense and an inability to move the ball on offense. Its most sustained drive reached the Davenport 15, mostly via the air, when the final whistle sounded. Harvey Thayer was Winthrop's most effective ground gainer...
When you get to the Stadium this afternoon you'll see hawkers waving two kinds of A. A. News in the air. Buy them both. Open them both. Each has the customary lineups and Chesterfield ads in the center fold. But as you thumb through one of them, something will strike you funny. And if you look carefully, you will discover the Lampoon has done it again...