Word: elbowings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...TACKLES: Ralph Neely, 21, Oklahoma, 6 ft. 5 in., 261 Ibs., and Harry Schuh, 21, Memphis State, 6 ft. 3 in., 265 Ibs. Neely has all the physical requirements -"a rough, tough charger with good elbow movement, quick at the snap"-but the pros brood about his motivation. "The appeal of money," muses a scout, "might make him achieve real dedication." Of Schuh: "Amazing agility and speed, could...
...good taste (no jewelry other than religious medals), shun cigarettes, hum strains of lullabies every now and then. The same couple, accompanying their college-aged son to the admissions office of a select university, will dress with understated dash (a necklace of wooden, hand-painted beads for her, suede elbow patches and a Dunhill pipe for him), intersperse comments on their reading ("One always comes back to Ovid as if for the first time") with reminiscences of "the old days at Chicago...
Through Waltzing Dan's room troop: his termagant sister (Pert Kelton), a scold who would rather be righteous than right; a mournful Jewish crony, much dismayed that a recently deceased and cremated friend might be occupying the ashtray at his elbow; a refreshingly downbeat priest to whom God is all Greek and man is vile, and a medical fraud who takes Polaroid pictures of his patients at each visit to trace their rate of decay. These flavorful characters are impaled on a toothpick plot like canapes. The story that should make the play go makes it stop -whether Waltzing...
Dean Monro yesterday called the Constable suggestion "attractive on the face of it. As I understand the proposal, it would put all courses in a competitive framework, thereby giving both Faculty and students plenty of elbow room," Monro said...
...year-old, 5'10" Lieutenant Governor is an astute and consummate campaigner. Superficially, his style is no different from most politicians'. The permanent smile, the "Hello, I'm ----. Remember me at the polls," and the traditional politician's handshake--right hand shaking right hand, left hand holding the elbow. The official explanation for that left hand at the elbow is that it assures the voter that the hand is not in his pocket...