Word: bucked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Boston for the eastern premiere of Jack Benny's newest movie, "Buck Benny Rides Again," Rochester has consented to amuse the gathering with some of the gags in his repertoire that have brought the laughs from countless radio audiences...
Despite the icy blasts the Crimson lacrosse team did a workmanlike job in taking the Springfield ten 16 to 3 last Saturday on the Business School field. Pete Zouck took the scoring honors by netting seven goals, six of which were unassisted, with Buck Anderson following close behind with four tallies to his credit. Coach Witherspoon may well be satisfied that his team showed the balance and experience he expected after its Southern tour...
...minutes in the first period to get the chill out of their systems before Jess Willard assisted by Anderson batted in the first score to start their steady march to victory. From then on the ball spent most of its time in the Springfield territory while Pete Zouck and Buck Anderson brought the quarter's total a three goals...
...using the first two, not the first four, words of Ulysses, TIME paid homage to James Joyce for a description that still applies to Dr. Gogarty, the Buck Mulligan of Ulysses...
Hardly has the fate of Finland been settled according to customary jungle-law than the European capitals are busy passing the buck. Helsinki blames Stockholm, Paris, and London; London blames Stockholm; Stockholm, London. Finland is fettered; the Allies have lost face; and a rare opportunity to strike Germany on her open flank is gone. Aggression scores another triumph; and the democracies smart under a defeat they feel might have been averted...