Word: bagful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...grab bag" is an expression used to describe every freshman team during the first week of the fall term. But at this university the phrase belongs--and always has belonged--to Coach Dana Getchell, and his bag of tricks is the freshman soccer hopefuls...
Victory induces high spirits, and the first chance for victory will come when the freshman boosters will meet a fired-up Exeter team on October 9. Until then, we can only look into Getchell's grab bag...
...said ". . .the increased wage levels set the stage for rise in prices to come-and more inflation." This points a moral for organized labor, but will they stop grabbing for more? Hell no. Not until they have gone through the bottom of the grab bag. Then the only comfort they will have is a feeling of togetherness as they queue up in the soup lines. How long will organized labor pursue this madcap race that will end with the dollarless dollar...
...lead was piling up on election night, Senator-elect Proxmire, already packing his bag, telephoned Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, who was celebrating his 49th birthday, and made a statement that no Democrat or Republican in Washington would challenge. "Senator Johnson." he said, "I've got the biggest birthday present...
...formal premiere of Ford's new Edsel in Detroit last week, Chairman Ernest R. Breech let the first cat out of the. Big Three bag on a subject everyone has been wondering about: the price tags on 1958's cars. Ford's prices, said Breech, are going up. Best guess: an average boost of $100 per car. The main reason is that "the public apparently desires significant changes every year," as Ford discovered in 1956, when General Motors' heavily facelifted Chevrolet left the competition far behind. To win its current lead in 1957, Ford spent...