Word: davenport
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Winthrop and Dunster weren't so fortunate. Despite a respectable passing attack. Dunster could not sustain a drive and only scored on a 65-yard run when the kicker decided not to punt. Davenport Pierson's running game was too rough and the Elis rolled up a 14-0 lead before eventually winning. 20-8. Winthrop was shut out, 8-0 by Calhoun-Berkeley...
Likewise, New Yorker Music Critic Winthrop Sargeant attacked the suffix -wise, as in taxwise. He called it "a Madison Avenue locution which should be avoided by every civilized person." Author Basil Davenport grudgingly approved advise in the sense of notify. Even so, he ruled, it is permissible only "in business English and Army English, if there is any excuse for the existence of these bastard twins...
...number of a service known as Dial-a-Listener. At the receiving end is a rotating staff of ten volunteers-including the schoolteacher, a nurse, an author, a civil engineer-who keep the number open around the clock. At the other end are the lonely people of Davenport who hunger for the sound of a sympathetic human voice...
...Davenport, Iowa, telephone number 323-1819 rang. The call was answered by a 71-year-old woman, a retired schoolteacher. "Hello," she said pleasantly. "This is your listener." Her caller said "Hello" back, but there was uncertainty in her voice. "Is this your first call to us?" the schoolteacher prompted gently. "Yes," came the reply. The subsequent conversation between two strangers went like this...
Longest Jump. After graduating in June, Davenport plans to make the longest jump of his career-into professional football. Though he played cornerback in college, he wants to perform as split end in the pros because "that's where the money is." The San Diego Chargers, who drafted the 6-ft. 1-in., 185-lb. speedster, may disagree, but Davenport figures he can adjust to offense. After all, he says, "Football players need speed, balance and coordination, and a hurdler has all of these." He might be right. Running Back Paul Robinson of the Cincinnati Bengals and Flanker Earl...