Word: cage
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Mencken poured his scorn on U.S. life, its culture and its government. Presidents consorted with "rogues and ignoramuses"; the Senate was "perhaps the windiest and most tedious group of men in Christendom." He decided that "democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage," that a pastor is "one employed by the wicked to prove to them by his example that virtue doesn't pay." His targets ranged from the ancient Greeks ("Greek tragedy, that unparalleled bore, is confined almost wholly to actresses who have grown too fat for Ibsen") to chiropractors ("heroic pummeling...
...driven by chunky Bill Holland, roared the usual two extra laps for insurance, its ruddy-faced owner hotfooted it from the pits to the victory cage, dabbing at his eyes with a handkerchief. "I feel wonderful," he said, with the tears still coming. He had narrowly missed seeing his three entries take first, second and fourth place; with only eight laps to go, one of Moore's cars had to drop out with a broken magneto strap. But by taking first and third, Moore won $65,855 in prizes, split (6s%-35%) with his drivers...
Yale had only six assists, scoring an immoderate number of goals on free, bouncing balls in front of the Harvard cage. The Varsity, on the other hand, was kept buzzing around the outside of the defense periphery and scored four out of five points on long shots...
Stationed in his commanding position behind the cage, as feeder, he ran the offense for the team, passing to six assists, in addition to scoring his one goal...
Everything hangs on Estin because he is the best feeder on the attack which has two good creasemen, Dick Bezanson and Rick Hudner. Without Estin behind the cage to toss his quick, accurate passes, Bezanson and Hudner lose a great deal of their effectiveness. Lew Soule, the fourth member of the very fine attack, is taking a Law School exam at game time...