Word: berth
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...observations are perceptive and practical. The book is infinitely detailed, as if Mrs. Harriman, a woman of firm grip and general sensibility, had found over the years that most Americans are fuzzy-minded, bewildered, perhaps even dopey. For instance, she tells how to get a stepladder for an upper berth: "Ring for the porter and he will bring one." How to mind your own business: "If a friend receives a personal telephone call, never attempt to hear what she is talking about...
Hyde won his quarter-final berth with a victory over Lyman Bullard, 6-1, 7-5, while Moley got a default from Ted Rowse...
...three, and sometimes four men fell before his vicious changes, and Garland thereby laid substantial claim to a starting berth on Saturday. Len Cummings, regular right end, emerged from Stillman only yesterday, but he will be okay for Army...
Moley earned his semi-final berth with a decisive victory, over Lin Burton, former Varsity player, 6-1, 6-2, in the second round and then a default in the third...
Tailback Comeford was elevated by Dick Harlow to Team a, supplanting Don Richards. He thus became the first member of the Class of 1946 to win a starting berth, if only temporary, on the Crimson eleven...