Word: bear
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Social Climber. In Sequoia National Park, Calif., a big black bear was taken for a long ride into the woods by rangers after he broke into two convertibles and took off food, released the brake of a third car and drove it into a ditch, climbed onto the roof of a lodge and fell through the skylight...
Moreover, we must bear in mind that, in holding an election, it is necessary to have certain provisions which will insure a "fair deal" to all concerned. On this basis, it is necessary that a date be set beyond which petitions will not be accepted. In fairness to the 32 men who filed their petitions on time, I feel obligated to run the election as scheduled, unless the Senior Class in overwhelming numbers request that these very rules which were drawn up to insure equality be set aside. In short, the question depends on whether election rules can be laid...
...hope that before each senior decides whether or not he will sign Mr. Keohane's petition he will not only bear this in mind but also attempt to determine in his own mind whether he feels that the Marshal election has been adequately publicized...
...Chicago, rabid Bear fans pass up seats on the 40-yd. line to sit in the end zone, where they can get a head-on view of the intricate mayhem of line play. They know what they are seeing. "Chicago's hittin' inside the tackles, and Frisco's stacking the defense inside," complained one end zoner at the game eventually won by the Bears, 14-3. "Look at those corner linebackers pull in, and how close the tackles up front are playing! I mean, how can you run through that ton of beef...
Whatever the inspiration that sent a flat-wheeled caboose clattering after Author Metalious' steam-powered first novel, Peyton Place, the sequel bears all the marks of a book whacked together on a long weekend. The original novel required readers interested only in literary privy-peeping to wear out their forefingers spelling through long passages devoted, with some success, to such matters as scene-setting and characterization. Return has little more scene-setting than a limerick, and the characterization is negligible. The meat of the book is as strong-flavored as bear steak-"Jennifer lay awake in the dark, smiling...