Word: bows
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...year's Army mud festival. A solid sheet of water covered the midfield area and rapidly gained sufficient depth to actually float the ball in places. Every play looked more like an outboard motor race than a football game, and when the backs were tackled they stirred up impressive "bow waves" as they skidded to a stop. And simultaneous with the appearance of white-caps on the jumping pits, the band struck up "How Dry I Am," and someone suggested that Charlie Butter be taken from the cheer-leading squad and sent in to swim the ball around right...
...duck to get into the Stadium at all. This cardboard monster and its antics caused the Harvard audience to smile with superiority as it gave birth to five little drums. But when the original was exhibited a few minutes later in the role target for the band's bow and arrow stunt, even the most patriotic had to admit it didn't sound very virlie for such a big fellow...
...movements, quoting newspapers, hotel menus indiscriminately, in the effort to keep not only his subject but his background alive in the reader's mind. The method adds sparkle but leads to trivia (example: Moore's "duel" with the Reviewer Jeffrey which, interrupted by the police, ended in Bow Street station, and gave rise to malicious rumors that the pistols hadn't been loaded anyway...
Besides Eddie Bennett at cox, the crew lost Paul Austin at 7, Kernan at 4, Cutler at 2, and Haskins in the bow. This fall John Clark has been moved to 7 from his former port post, Bill Huenekins and Huzz Hovey are at 4 and 2, while Bill Dearborn has been holding down the lighthouse post...
...office, wrote that President Hill "looks more like a circus barker than a millionaire." Next day distraught citizens had visions of angry President Hill building no more warehouses in Durham, perhaps even moving American Tobacco operations to friendlier cities. President Hill, noted for his penchant for quiet dress, bow ties, wearing his hat in his office, was quick to take his revenge. He sent Publisher Council and other bigwigs of Durham ("The Friendly City") copies of Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People, inscribed in each: "With the compliments of George W. Hill...