Word: crab
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After giving Dr. No the giant-land-crab treatment, the New Statesman's Critic Paul Johnson suggested that Fleming fans were psychosocial cousins of prison torturers in Algeria. In the current Twentieth Century, Bernard Bergonzi called Fleming's attitude toward sex that "of a dirty-minded schoolboy." He noted that the women are usually pushovers in a Fleming novel, and cited a bra-and-pantie-clad minx named Tiffany Case, who says not too long after she meets Bond: "I want it all, darling...
...best produced. When the Orange and Black came from behind for an exciting victory over Navy last week, it seemed that he was not exaggerating in his praise. Last Saturday, however, while rowing the shorter Henley distance at Philadelphia, the crew failed in its comeback bid after "catching a crab" during its final sprint at 40 strokes per minute...
...they rowed at a low stroke, between 29 1/2 and 30 1/2. Syracuse, behind by about two and a half lengths, began to make a bid to overtake the Crimson with three-quarters of a mile to go, but fell further back when one of the oarsmen caught a crab...
...game became a duel between Crab-tree's passes (seven caught by End Ron Stover) and White's line plunges. In the third quarter, Oregon moved to the Buckeye 18-yard line, but Halfback Tom Morris missed a field goal. Minutes later, running mainly behind All-American Guard Aurelius Thomas, White bucked the ball to the Oregon 17. Then Reserve Halfback Don Sutherin thrice flexed his kicking leg and booted a field goal. That squeezed out a Buckeye victory...
From the tip of its Bay to the Top of its Mark, the delighted delegates found sophisticated San Francisco the perfect host. They learned to hop cable cars, ask for cracked crab, order California's good white wine...