Word: caught
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harry Truman had had a fine time at Princeton's sooth Anniversary (see EDUCATION). He had marched in the academic procession with the world's intellectual great. Mounting the platform steps to get an LL.D. degree, he had caught his foot in the hem of his purple-trimmed academic gown. "Whups," he said. "I forgot to pull up my dress." The ceremonies over, he shook hands warmly. "It's been a great day for me. I enjoyed myself thoroughly." Then he had hurried back to Washington and delivered his veto of the labor bill...
...Navy was caught napping at the start, got off last. It took a quarter mile at 34 strokes a minute to work into second place. Then pace-making California faltered, and Navy took the lead. Half a mile from the finish, Cornell began its sprint. Navy's Coxswain John Gartland called for a rise in the beat. It went up to 34, to 36. For the last 20 strokes, Navy hit a brisk 42 beat. They were less than half a boat length ahead at the finish when Coxswain Gartland gave "Easy all" to his crew...
...statistical as his tables. Sample, from a satisfied Minnesota reader: "On June 1, I went fishing around 7 p.m. The major fishing period [on your table] that night was at 10 p.m. I didn't get a strike until 9:45. From that time until 10:30 I caught a nice mess of crappies, weighing around two pounds each, and the sun fish were extra large." News like that makes Knight glow all over...
HARRY BRIDGES, TOP COMMUNISTS CAUGHT IN SECRET STRIKE PARLEY
Word of his appointment to a 19-man bi-partisan citizen's committee, one of three groups named by President Truman over the weekend to study America's ability to assist European recovery, finally caught up with Edward S. Mason, professor of Economics, late yesterday...