Word: crackly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...each night, upped it to three hours as the Bee buzzed nearer. ¶as in Deciduous. When the Big Test came in Washington's Commerce Department auditorium one day last week, Melody felt that she was as ready as she would ever be. But so did 62 other crack young (aged 12-14) spellers, the pick of some 5,000,000 school kids from all over the U.S. And for the first time in Bee history, the boys outnumbered the girls...
...looked at their watches again. In his qualifying heat for the 220-yd. dash at the Atlantic Coast Conference track meet in Durham, N.C. last week, long-legged (6 ft. 2 in., 187 Ibs.) Duke Sophomore Dave Sime (rhymes with skim) had run off a casual 0:20.1 to crack Mel Patton's seven-year-old world record by a tenth of a second. Next day, running into a light head wind, Sime had to settle for 0:09.5 in the 100-yd. dash, 0:20.3 in the 220-yd. dash and 0:22.4 in the 220-yd. hurdles...
Fortnight ago in another meet, he was even relaxed enough to take a crack at the broad jump, finished second with 23 ft. 3½ in. But he hurt his hip in the process, and Coach Chambers served notice that Dave would jump no more until after the Olympic trials in June. Said Chambers: "I just got a letter from [Big Ten Commissioner] Tug Wilson. He said that sometimes it's been known that a man can get hurt broad jumping and please would I consider leaving Dave out of it for a while. Tug said that Dave could...
...intended to prevent activities offensive or dangerous to the public from taking place, in public, and to preserve the health of the young-both perfectly good intentions. It would be well to consider, however, that drunken driving endangers America's youth more than delirium tremens. Authorities, therefore, should crack down hard, not on drinking so much as on drunkenness, especially when driving. Fines for driving while intoxicated could be increased, or operator's license could be revoked frequently...
Cambridge police will join University police in an all-out drive against parking violators, Police Chief Patrick J. Ready warned yesterday. His announcement followed a statement by the University that University police would "crack down" on student violators and would enforce city parking regulations...