Word: broking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...late allies and their international tutors. That afternoon he summoned his Cabinet. Then, charging that the Soviet Union had "inspired grave attempts against the political independence of the republic," he sent a curt note to Russia's Ambassador Dimitri Zhukov, breaking off diplomatic relations. For good measure, he broke with Czechoslovakia...
...about football. His dad had once played quarterback for Denison U., and like most fathers, liked to recall how good he was. The story Bob liked best was dad's quarterback sneak: "Mind you, I weighed only 135 Ibs. then. . . . I took the ball on my own 20, broke into the clear. The secondary had me trapped by the sidelines. . . . I spun away from one tackier . . . then another. . . ." The story grew each year; in the most recent version, dad ran from his own two-yard line, and was tackled on the enemy's one-yard line. Says...
Died. Robert Anderson ("Wild Horse Bob") Crosby, 50, battered "King of the Cowboys"; in a jeep accident; near Roswell, N.Mex. During his 26 years as a rodeo star, prosperous Rancher Crosby broke almost every bone in his body, became undisputed champion in the sport by thrice making high score at the giant Pendleton (Ore.) and Cheyenne (Wyo.) rodeos...
Impregnable and indomitable is the only way to describe the Crimson Saturday. Not a Rutgers man broke through the brilliantly designed triple-layer defense, as smart a November innovation as the Stadium has ever seen...
Scouts Chief Boston and Harry Jacunski, who saw Rutgers swamp Lehigh a week ago, spoke respectfully of the Scarlet line and of backs John Sabo and Irwin Winkelreid. Crimson eyes should also focus on two second stringers who broke up last year's game in the fourth quarter--quarterback Al Malekoff and halfback Harvey Grimsley...