Word: anchors
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Mike Pearson would sleep, roofers scampered around repairing gutters and tacking down loose shingles. Well drillers sank a dry shaft into the front lawn to take the roof runoff in case it rained. Over in the Hyannis marina four miles away, a presidential yacht, the Patrick J., bobbed at anchor, all tuned and ready for an afternoon's cruise. Baxter's Fish Market was standing anxiously by, awaiting the order for lobsters and fish for chowder. White House Chef Rene Verdon had bought $150 worth of food at a Hyannis supermarket, and carefully insisted on his full quota...
Mottley--clearly the star of the meet--made up an amazing 35 yards in the final lap of the relay as he came from last place to edge out Harvard's anchor man, Bill McAfee. The junior from Trinidad also led the meet record for the 440-yd. run with a time of 47.0 seconds...
...whisky, plus cases of rum, gin, brandy, champagne and beer, intended for disposal back home. Investigators added that the hot cargo also included crated refrigerators, hi-fi sets, transistor radios, furniture, rare Hong Kong vases and gold bangles-most, unfortunately, confiscated by Ceylon authorities after the fleet dropped anchor upon its return...
...Doten threw the hammer 187 ft., 3 in., for second place among some of the top weight men in the East. Aggrey Awori, the Crimson's spectacular sophomore, placed second in the broad jump with a leap of 24 ft. and ran the anchor leg in Harvard's mile relay team, which placed fourth in the Heptagonal division...
...question on the coach's mind is. "How much can Awori do?" He is capable of handling most Eastern competition in the sprints, hurdles, and broad jump, and he also may be needed to anchor a somewhat flimsy mile relay team. But there is a limit to Awori's endurance, and the limit may be lower than in the winter because of the longer outdoor hurdle events. To make matters worse for the Crimson, the Heptagonal athletic directors will probably vote to replace the 220 yd. low hurdles with a 440 yd. hurdle...