Word: bulldogged
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...house also needed him. The life that had been compounded of good things for little girls while he was alive crashed to its tearless ruin with his death. Louise, who was twelve when he died, could remember the diamonds in the eyes of his bulldog stickpin, and how she hid her dolls under the covers and made Father sit on a chair, so he would not sit on the dolls when he came to say goodnight. He took everything to the grave with him-money (he had signed too many notes), friends, family standing, a way of life...
...memorandum to all European governments proposing steps toward a European federation. From 26 nations came approval - in principle. Though Britain was officially cool, Winston Churchill, then a political outcast, wrote: "Why should Europe fear unity? As well might a man fear his own body." Edouard Herriot, Briand's bulldog, wrote a book called The United States of Europe (1930). But before the movement could get anywhere, Depression and Hitler intervened...
...defensive play of Jack Torgan, George Dillon, and Mike Keene was especially worthy of note. Torgan was assigned to high-scoring Guy McGauhey, and although the Bulldog ace made 11 points, most of his buckets were made on tip-ins, shots which the shorter Torgan couldn't touch. Outside the keyhole, McGauhey was from hunger...
...this gaiety is sort of frustrating, however. Only the miracle of an Army victory over the indians at Hanover can bring the Chasemen up to a tie for the Pentagonal League crown, all this provided the Crimson nips Yale's Bulldog in the two contests listed for the teams on the next two Saturday nights...
Musicomedy's most sophisticated composer was born in Peru, Ind., the son of a fruitgrowing farmer. After graduating from Yale (where he wrote the still popular Bulldog and Bingo) in 1913, Porter went for a year to Harvard Law School, then switched to the department of music. While still a student he had a musical, See America First, produced on Broadway. It contained one Porter song which still makes middle-aged sentimentalists blink over their highballs: I've a Shooting Box in Scotland (words by Porter's good friend T. Lawrason Riggs, longtime Catholic chaplain at Yale...