Word: bunched
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...seems that the Loomis eleven was about to meet a highly touted bunch of toughs from up Deerfield way, and the team, coaching staff, and student body were trembling, collectively and individually at the thought of the impending shellacking. But sweet are the uses of adversity, and some clever alumnus, or someone else in power turned on the heat, and Miss Bette Davis, of Hollywood fame, rose magnificently to the occasion. Casting modesty, prudery, and other such doubtful virtues to the winds, she offered to bestow a resounding kiss in her best cinema manner upon anyone who should score...
Even Walt Disney's "Three Little Pigs" are among the works of art that lend themselves to parody. For of "the three little pigs who went to the Big Three, the pig that was expelled from Yale was the happiest of the bunch...
Turning to Mr. Kirkland once again, the reporter asked if there was much difference in Boston and New York audiences. "Well," he replied, "they're different everywhere. In Boston you're liable to play to a bunch of critics, while in New Haven you'll have to amuse a bunch of drunks, and you have to vary your performance accordingly...
...Bruin team coming to town this weekend plenty of preparations are being made, and judging by yesterday's performance the squad will be in good shape for the battle. Brown, with its 198-pound line, tackle to tackle, is second only in weight to Holy Cross, which boasts a bunch of 205-pound bruisers. Dan Fraad, 218-pound tackle, is one of the outstanding linemen who are due at the Stadium in the near future...
...last faint touches of a sake hangover. The disconcerting presence of geisha girls seems to find a good deal of favor when one asks the why and wherefore. After all, Americans are not too numerous in Japan and the prospect of spending a pleasant few hours with a bunch of Harvard ball-players must have made many a comely Japanese maiden forget her afternoon prayers...