Word: bearse
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Widespread approval of social welfare legislation by the judiciary bears witness to the impact of Pound's thesis upon our national conscience. Yet his is a middle-way position: there is strong insistence that "we are not compelled, because we recognize cooperation as a factor in civilization, to sacrifice all...
It may be that he prefers to see Big Three squabbles settled within the United Nations rather than in tri-lateral conferences. This is a commendable position, for the people of the world have placed their hopes for peace in the United Nations; but for the next few years the...
* Japan's ancient national sport, in which specially bred-and-fed giants, clad only in jundoshi (breechclouts) and their traditional topknots, grunt and tug interminably, like slow-motion dancing bears. Object:' to force one's opponent down so that some part of his body above the knee...
¶ In pro football, headlines still went to Alvin Paris, a tinhorn gambler who entertained players with partying chorus girls, and tried to fix the National League's championship game between the Bears and the Giants (TIME, Dec. 23). He was due to be sentenced next week.
... In the Dec. 16 issue of TIME I find the following statements: First, from the Sport Section, where the Chicago Bears are discussed: "His ball-carrying backfield mates are virtually middle-aged men (average: 28)."