Word: crabbed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...junior varsity race, stroke John Hadik's boat was about a length behind Princeton with 30 strokes left when the Tiger stroke caught a crab. Before the Princeton eight recovered its balance the jayvees had shot past them to score the Crimson's only...
...pitched his scorn at the Sun's twelve editorial writers. They became, to their surprise, a major campaign issue as "the nine old men in the ivory tower" and "the cowardly nine residing in the dark corners of Baltimore county"-meaning the suburbs. At precinct meetings and campaign crab feasts, beaming Tommy D'Alesandro poked fun at the Sun. "No newspaper,'' cried he, "will boss...
...junior varsity race M. I. T. and the Crimson battled for first while Dartmouth fell a length and one half behind. At the mile, a crab on the port side slowed the Tech shell. That made the difference as Crimson stroke John Hadik moved his boat ahead by a quarter length finishing...
With about half a mile to go, Crimson stroke Platt raised the beat to 34 and the prspect of overtaking Wisconsin, still less than a length ahead, improved as Badger number four oar Lou Uehling caught a crab. He recovered well, however, and the stability of his beat was little affected...
Afterward, Communist Chou tendered a great banquet (on the menu: swallow's-nest soup, kidney, chicken, fish, shark's fins, crab, abalone, mushrooms, Peking duck, broccoli in oyster sauce). Toasts were drunk in Chinese wine. The Chinese showed a movie in color, a harrowing love story. Both sides issued a short statement: "We feel that these talks have been useful." Then Hammarskjold flew back to New York via the Pacific, completing an around-the-world swing. On leaving, he sent Chou his "sincere personal thanks...