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Word: em (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...opposition spokesman asked that jeerers "Give em a chance" before Emmanuel Margolis 1G took the stand to demand, "We have got to show the, world that our system works...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1000 Throng Mem Hall Triangle To Cheer and Jeer at Peace Rally | 4/17/1948 | See Source »

...system is built on the "drawing" theory--pull a man out of position and confuse him so that he can't do anything positive, and his size is immaterial. "Fool 'em, don't bounce 'em," says Valpey. Of course, when the other team has the ball, you've got to bounce 'em. That is why every afternoon Valpey has his men belting each other around the practice field near Dillon Field House. "We're in the bumping stage now," he says, "and it's all boom-boom-boom till...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: 'Boom-Boom, Till They Get It,' Valpey Discloses | 4/17/1948 | See Source »

...great for three plays," he says when asked if he doesn't think such-and-such a back is running like a combination rhino-gazelle. "It wouldn't be fair to the boys to name names at this stage of the game. There's no lineup. We're sorting 'em and changing 'em around...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: 'Boom-Boom, Till They Get It,' Valpey Discloses | 4/17/1948 | See Source »

FARMERS EVERYWHERE, busy with spring chores, were giving thanks for the mild winter. Even the blast of snow and freezing weather that had hit Britain in mid-February had been rather welcome. Said a toothless Suffolk fanner: "The crops were coming up too fast. The snow put 'em to sleep. Now, unless a May frost comes along to stab us in the back, there'll be a bumper." Sheep Raiser Ben Alderson of Kerry, Montgomeryshire, had a bumper already; one of his ewes had just produced five lambs, a circumstance considered remarkable enough to be recorded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PLAIN PEOPLE: Europe in the Spring | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

...show closed with Shorty soliloquizing: "I guess that's what they call experience. Gettin' your teeth kicked in like that by a guy you've always looked up to. Now I'm really learning what life is like. . . . Well, nuts to 'em all. I can play it rough if that's the way they want it. And it looks from here like it's gonna be rough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Shorty | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

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