Word: cupful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most of the time Knopf told about H. L. Mencken--his birthdays, his jokes, and his work. It was Mencken who suggested that Knopf publish Mann's works in English. It was also Mencken who gave Knopf a "moustache cup" for his birthday so that he could drink without endangering his copious whiskers. Concerning his own birthday, Mencken once said "I used to spend my birthday in prayer but today I went to a brewery and the scheme worked fine...
...Crimson captain, who also led Harvard to the team title, announced later that he would retire from squash after playing in the finals of Harvard's Foster Cup tournament at Hemenway Gym Friday...
...sports-car racing, with its twisting courses, its slower speeds, its constant braking and shifting (up to 300 times on one circuit), is not supposed to be his cup of methanol. Going into the 250-mile American Challenge Cup race at Daytona two Saturdays ago, Foyt had driven a sports car only six times in his life...
Asked if he was supporting Rocky, he replied with characteristic brusqueness: "Why don't you fellows have a cup of coffee?" Would Rocky accept Adams' endorsement if it were offered? Said Rockefeller: "I've been after it all along." An Improbable Argument. As for Goldwater, he trudged glumly through New Hampshire's snowy villages, failing to keep several appointments, often acting as though political handshaking were an ordeal. As usual, he got in a few cracks at Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. "If he were my Secretary of Defense," said Goldwater, "he'd be back making...
...squad. His ninth in the downhill, eighth in the slalom and seventh in the alpine combined is all that stood between the Crimson and a disgraceful rout last weekend. Among the outstanding ski stars he eclipsed was St. Lawrence's world speed king C.B. Vaughn. In the Stowe Cup race Feb. 1 and 2, Chaffee finished 17th in the downhill against a field of the finest skiers in the east. The event was won by Rebel Ryan, nearly an Olympic team member...