Word: bags
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Akron, Mrs. Evelyn L. Lower testified in divorce court that her husband thought more of his dogs than he did of her, claimed that he slept with three of the beasts at the foot of his bed complained: "When I asked him to buy groceries, he brought home a bag of dog food instead...
...carry a looped handkerchief on his elbow on which she could rest her hand, after the manner of a carriage strap." Author Woodbury, a onetime anthropologist and a ninth-generation descendant of William Goffe, is the present proprietor of the family mill. He has tied his odd bag of characters together with historical facts, New England folkways and early Americana. John Goffe's Legacy crackles with wit, adds a few asterisks to history, and makes the reader wonder how New England ever acquired a reputation for being stolid and conservative...
...Somehow, Archie finds time for work, too. He is up at 5 every morning for a four-mile jog with his 14-year-old pacer, Bobby Cormier. Younger Kenwood boys follow the runners as far as they can, but usually drop out before long. Later come the calisthenics, the bag work and at least three rounds of sparring. Everything is nicely calculated to send Archie into the ring a rock-hard 185 lbs. on Sept. 20 against the fearsome, favored (1-3½) Rocky Marciano...
Pleasure Principle. In Manhattan, Alexander Johnson, 39, carrying a bag of duck eggs home on the subway as a treat for his wife, spied Salesgirl Adrienne Ardizone, 20, sitting opposite in a freshly starched dress, calmly pelted her with raw eggs, said later that he just couldn't explain...
...took to spending his winters playing Caribbean baseball. Latin embellishments added much to the color, if not the caliber of the game. Puerto Rican fans passed the hat for him when he hit a pair of home runs; Campy returned the kindness by distributing a 100-lb. bag of potatoes in the slums. In Mexico he learned all the things that could happen to a baseball in thin mountain air. "You could hit a ball nine miles, but the running was awful. The pitchers couldn't curve the ball, either...