Word: besting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...initial atomic blow; the threat alone "serves to divert a great portion of any nation's effort to its internal defense." There were better planes than the B-36 on the drawing board and in the works, but until they were ready, the B-36 remained the best bomber in being, in a year of crisis...
Even Money. The President flew back to Washington having obviously enjoyed himself, and went on about his business during the rest of the week with the air of a man determined to make the best of a difficult world. He reminded reporters gathered for his weekly press conference that it was his 200th formal meeting with them. He liked press conferences, he said, and though he occasionally got annoyed with their bosses, he thought most of the assembled newsmen were eminently fair...
...papers when on the prowl early in the evening ... it looks like a person coming home from the office . . . wear Moose, Elks or K.C. ring . . . Pose as blind with dog and dark glasses while prowling . . . use white skins of eggs over eyeballs . . . Good clothes to be inconspicuous . . . live in best hotels ... It is easy to commit a crime, as the police never prevent ... Do not lose the sense of danger while prowling ... on the day a criminal decides he is smarter than the police, he moves that much closer ... to capture...
...left Jim Johnson picked up a loose ball in the Army goal-mouth and opened the Crimson scoring at 3:15 of the first period. Later, at 19:30 of the first period outside right Ben Goldstern passed beautifully to center forward Ted Wolf in what looked like the best-executed Crimson play in the year...
...first place Munro may move standout fullback Rick Drake all the way up to center forward--to get one of his best players into the scorer's position. And secondly the coach may switch lineman Charlie Weiss to halfback--to give the forwards a better feed-man behind them...