Word: bucked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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G.I.s were sure they had won a victory. Actually, unless the War Department had badly miscalculated the "military need," Ike Eisenhower's order did not change the situation one iota. His statement, passing the buck to theater commanders, was an evasion which G.I.s would figure out later...
...shouldn't the grown man eventually be able to lift the full grown cow? For the Borden Co.'s farm-flavored radio show, County Fair, the ancient gag looked good as new. Last week, Borden's Milo, a husky, hay-haired youngster named Allen ("Buck") La Fever, had hoisted his Jersey calf, Phoebe, on 61 consecutive days and was still going strong...
...Buck, 17, was in ABC's New York studio Oct. 9 when Phoebe was offered to a farm boy willing to try the stunt. The calf weighed only 75 Ibs. then, an easy lift for 149-lb. Buck, a football hero at Somerville, N.J. high school. For each day he gets her off the ground, County Fair pays...
Once a week, Phoebe is pushed into the back seat of a car, driven to Manhattan, led awkwardly through crowds, and into the studio. Before the show, both kid and calf weigh in. Last week, as the show moved to CBS, Phoebe outweighed Buck. Weight gains in the 61 days: Phoebe, 86 Ibs., Buck...
Entertainment at Adams will include a sketch written and acted by the House Tutors, an undergraduate lampoon of "General Education in a Free Society," a jazz ensemble, and as has been customary, a "March of Time." Deans Buck and Hanford are expected to accompany David M. Little, Master of the House, at the festivities...