Word: bayed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long ago, industrial developers asked the 236 voters of Trenton, Maine, to approve the construction of an aluminum refinery and a nuclear power plant on the pristine shores of Union River Bay. A yes vote might have been expected. After all, countless U.S. towns beg for new industry to pay taxes and provide jobs. But the Trenton vote was a resounding no. A key factor was the Maine Times, a plucky weekly newspaper that lambasted the developers and explained precisely how their plans could pollute Trenton's air, land and water...
...slips out of the northern neck of Manhattan and flies to the left of the live Sound, one swoops in time onto the Golden River, and dodging its shining beauty, now right, now left, one comes after a hundred miles of lake, hill, and mountain, in the Old Bay State. Then at the foot of high Mt. Everett one takes a solemn decision: left is sweet, old Sheffield; but pass it stolidly by and slip gently right into tiny South Egremont which always sleeps. Then wheel right again and come to the Egremont Plain and the House of the Black...
Perhaps it follows that we are also too dull-witted to comprehend his subtle disappointment that Nixon's troubles "have been modest in scale"-no Bay of Pigs, no Cuban missile confrontation, no Tet offensive, no major domestic riots. We "middle Americans" might just like the "mood of calm" Mr. Nixon has evoked...
Dartmouth is the whole season right now, and Harvard's reserve halfbacks were running against the Crimson's revamped defense yesterday, testing a unit that didn't perform up to expectations last week, and which must produce this Saturday if it hopes to keep the Indian offense at bay...
...forte is an explosive initial charge that sends offensive blockers reeling. That opens the way for Page (6 ft. 4 in., 250 Ibs.) and Eller (6 ft. 6 in., 255 Ibs.). Both are extremely quick and boast exceptional agility. Eller, who supplanted Green Bay's Willie Davis as All-Pro end last year, is one of the fastest men in the game for his size. Against the Packers, he caught Running Back Donny Anderson from behind on a power sweep to the opposite side of the field. Anderson was in the clear and might have gone...