Word: brawne
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This sort of record is not set by brawn alone; in Ike Eichelberger's case it goes with an almost evangelical fervor about athletics-and an athletic fervor about evangelism. "A lot of people don't understand how an athlete feels about religion," says Ike. "They think you sometimes are asking God to help you win, and they misunderstand. It's not like that really. I feel that everything I do is for Him, and that includes wrestling." When a Bethlehem fan asks Ike for his autograph, he follows his signature with the words, Galatians...
Athletic fair play cannot be attributed to this game. All is permitted, and the most brutal "footballer" is considered the most courageous sportsman. The supreme slogan of football is "Brawn over Brain". American generals such as "Pestgeneral Ridgway" and "Korea Interventionist Van Fleet" treasure the "footballer" as the best, most ruthless and compliant soldier. The question never arises for these men as to the tendency or purpose of an order. Its cold-blooded quality alone suffices for them to accomplish what ever is wanted...
About 90% of the newcomers pay their own way to their new homeland, but, conscious of her need for human brain and brawn, underpopulated Venezuela spends about $1,000,000 a year recruiting and transporting immigrants and setting them up on farms in the interior. Said a Caracas newspaper: "The republic needs immigrants in abundance to increase our human resources. We ask only that they be men of labor and respectful of our laws...
...power stations?" asked Belgium's Atomic Energy Boss Pierre Rychmans. "The Western European countries, which cannot afford to do otherwise . . . where the production of coal can't keep up with the needs of power stations." Out of foresight and necessity, Western Europe is putting its revived industrial brawn behind its scientific brains in the quest for nuclear power...
...preparation, Love has kept the same eight oarsmen which lost by a deck length to the mid-western brawn of Wisconsin last week. He's satisfied that the past week's intensive workouts have put the eight in the best trim possible. What are its chances of winning? Love is deceptively non-committal. "It'll be a tough race from the word go," he ventures. By this he implies it will be both a tough race for Navy to win and even tougher one for the varsity to lose...