Word: breather
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity swimmers, undergoing the lull before the liquidation, have a breather with Columbia tonight, a week before the annual sacrifice to Yale. The Lion meet is scheduled for 8 p.m. at the Indoor Athletic Building...
...comes at a particularly unfortunate time, just when the Crimson seemed at last to be out of its long slump. The varsity will still be heavily favored to beat the win-hungry Cadets. But unless Clasby can return--in shape--before the important League games which follow this last breather, the Crimson's championship chances will drop from slim to nonexistent...
...choral parts for Toscanini's broadcasts of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Verdi's Falstaff, Requiem. But, as he diagnosed himself, "I don't handle the orchestra as well as the singers and I want to find out why." He promised himself a two-year breather to find the answer. Chasing off to Europe, he listened to a few concerts, then bounded back to the U.S., convinced that "I could do a lot more real work sitting on my tail in Scarsdale...
Meanwhile, the Daily Princetonian and the Daily Dartmouth, who had been doing most of the fighting, were both taking a breather. The Princetonian will run an article today summarizing its complaints, and The Dartmouth yesterday sent the Princetonian a telegram saying it had stated its position and had nothing...
...past performances of the contestants, today's contest should be one of the events games in the Stadium this year, with the Crimson slightly favored. Not only do both teams sport identical two-and-five records, but both gained one stirring upset victory, and each has beaten a "breather" opponent. An additional leveling factor is the recent rain, which has left the Stadium turf soggy and slow...