Word: bunched
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...BUNCH - Meyer Levin - Viking...
...Fotheringay lacks presence of mind to order it back into place, it falls on the floor and breaks. Thrown out of the saloon for conduct unbecoming to a gentleman, Mr. Fotheringay goes home to experiment with his new found knack. He conjures rabbits, kittens, gold watches and finally a bunch of grapes which he nibbles contentedly before he falls asleep...
...took three years of German in college, and two years later they changed the name of sauerkraut to 'Liberty Cabbage' ! "I haven't read any books. . . . "No spik Engliss." Harvardman Tunis concluded that the Class of 1911 comprised a "bunch of contented cows" who had accomplished almost nothing. "Of course, "retorted Harvardman Benchley in The Twelve Twenty-Five Express, "any member of 1912 could have predicted this ... as early as 1909." Cracked he: "If I were a calamity-howler, I could show that 72% haven't got $3,-000,000 to their name...
...Varsity runners are almost all without exception greatly in need of a litle practice. In fact, if they don't get in a whole lot of practice between now and then, they're sure to be sat on. It's all right for the Freshmen to have a bunch of good runners but when they start beating the captain of the Varsity, they're going too far. And when their relay team beats the Varsity, they're going too far. And when they win the 600, they're--well they've already gone too far anyway...
When playing on their own floor the Rhode Island bunch is especially hard to beat. With their court slightly smaller than regulation, they have not been defeated in a home game in recent years. Coach Fesler claimed that in mid-season form the Crimson would have had no difficulty in winning from Rhode Island last year...