Word: bowle
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When General Lucius D. Clay laid down his "goldfish bowl" policy on news from the U.S. zone in Germany, the press applauded. "In case of doubt," Clay told Army public-relations officers last November, "give out the information. Don't hold it back...
When Alcide de Gasperi cast his vote after a one-day rest in Capri, his wife said: "I hope my husband will not be the Premier again. He is so tired." Said he: "We will not fail democracy." Then he went off to Castel Gandolfo to bowl with some of his friends among the local peasants. He was losing badly when a sudden rainstorm broke up the game...
Died. Dr. John Bain ("Jock") Sutherland, 59, topflight football coach; after a brain tumor operation; in Pittsburgh. Light on razzle-dazzle and heavy on rock-&-sock fundamentals, he got the University of Pittsburgh five Rose Bowl bids in his 15 years (1924-39) as coach there, afterwards boosted the lowly Pittsburgh Steelers professional team to a position of power in the National League. His outstanding lifetime winning percentage...
...Michigan athletic board's agenda had been cleared away when Fritz Crisler added: "There's just one more matter." He had a small announcement to make: Football Coach-of-the-Year Crisler, whose undefeated Big Nine champions had rolled through Southern California (49-0) in the Rose Bowl, was through with coaching. There was a moment's silence, then a board member cracked: "Fritz, we didn't know you were getting that...
...goldfish marked time in their Thayer Hall bowl yesterday and anxiously awaited a University ruling on their legality...