Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This loss came as no surprise to veteran Crimson hockey observers who watched the sextet blow its opener to Providence College two years ago and repeat this performance against Boston University last December...
...building, construction of primitive factories, or industrial labor. All members of the commune get regular military training, and even when not on duty they must move by the numbers. At Chao Ying commune in Honan, according to an enthusiastic Red newsman, "assembly bells ring and whistles blow at daybreak. In about a quarter of an hour the peasants line up. At the command of company and squad leaders, the teams march to the fields, holding flags. One no longer sees peasants in groups of two or three smoking and going slowly and leisurely to the fields. The desultory living habits...
Spry enough to savor a Texas-style barbecue, although no longer up to striking the daily "blow for liberty"-as a concession to the years, he manfully abandoned bourbon and stogies six weeks ago -weatherbeaten Elder Statesman John Nance Garner, longtime (1903-32) Texas Congressman, two-term (1933-41) Vice President, spruced up in a new blue suit and his old battered Stetson for a misty-eyed celebration of his goth birthday. On hand for the doings: some 3,000 of the home folks in dusty Uvalde, a loyal guard of political cronies, including ex-President Harry Truman, House Speaker...
...Boston College, coach John Kelley is admittedly in the dark as to the propects of his team. "We received a severe blow this week when we lost Jack Cusick, our leading scorer last winter, for at least ten days." With Cusick not dressing for the game, B.C. is without a proven scoring punch, but this may be partially compensated for on defense where captain Joe Jangro, one of the top defensemen in the East, and sophomore standout Tom Martin give Kelley a very rough combination in front of sophomore goalie Jim Logue...
Last week the geisha trade suffered yet another blow. With the government beginning to look into the once-secret and tax-exempt expense accounts that businessmen used for geisha parties, 20 of Japan's leading firms issued an ultimatum to their employees: no more parties, except for gullible foreigners. "Japan," says one oldtime patron of the Sumida houses, "is the land of the vanishing geisha. In the end they will wind up as purely tourist attractions-like the Navajo Indians." The plain fact is that the stylized coquetry of the classic geisha is no longer fashionable. "Frankly," said...