Word: behind
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Straddling Views. Next day Deputy Leader Aneurin Bevan-with whom Gaitskell had wrangled long hours in his Opposition leader's room behind the Speaker's chair at the House of Commons -rose to deliver a speech of flash and fire that paid affable tribute to Gaitskell but straddled the views of Gaitskell and Barbara Castle. Nye Bevan had his own view of the proper socialist future: "In a modern society it is impossible to get rational order by leaving things to private economic adventure. Because I am a socialist, I believe in national ownership. I believe in what...
...years, Francesco appeared nightly under her window, plaintively calling her name. He spent daylight hours in a nearby café, waiting for a glimpse of her. He followed her to the movies and sat behind her. His friends became worried that desperate Francesco might do something foolish, and begged Angela to accept him. "I'll marry whom I like," she said...
...results could make a cardiac case out of a cuttlefish. In Rock du Coeur, the heart thuds (behind an electric guitar, a clavichord and drums) like a bass fiddle muffled in cotton wool. In Cha-Cha du Coeur, the heart sounds louder, its labors interrupted now and then by whispered "cha cha chas." The effect on the listener, noted France-Soir, was to create "a kind of obsession, almost anxiety." But Paris cats were buying the record briskly last week, and other record makers are sure to approach Model Guillenette with stethoscopes in hand; nobody, she said...
...Southwest since Sammy Baugh. Can throw off-balance, long or short. Has a great edge because he is tall and can see over the line." While the scouts admire Penn State Quarterback Richie Lucas for his all-round ability in both passing and running, they rank him behind Meredith because he falls short of outstanding mastery in either-and mastery in a specialty is a prerequisite for the pro. Sure to be drafted: Notre Dame's George Izo ("He has a pure arm on long passes, there's never a forced effort"), and, although he will wait...
Halfback: Ron Burton, 23, Northwestern; 5 ft. 9 in., 180 lbs. Major: education. "Great speed and elusiveness; whenever he carries the ball, he's a threat." Close behind Burton the pros rank Iowa's Bob Jeter ("as fast as you want them") and unsung Abner Haynes of North Texas State ("He's 180 lbs., and he runs...