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...Nevertheless, TIME shares with such authorities as Lincoln Biographer Carl Sandburg the almost universal belief that Honest Abe coined the phrase.-En...
...waiters was on hand to serve it. The serving-men were drilled as meticulously as a troop of light cavalry and they were controlled by an intricate traffic-light system: when the lights turned red, they retired from the floor; when the lights flashed green, they charged forth en masse to clear or serve...
...football season of 1949, the world had paid too little attention to talented, towheaded Quarterback Eddie LeBaron of College of the Pacific, but that was not the fault of his fans in California's San Joaquin Valley. After the 20-year-old wonder boy led Pacific (en rollment: 1,250) through an undefeated season, San Joaquinites were aghast when Eddie got no higher national recognition, for the third straight year, than the "Little All-America." Was that his penalty for playing with a school in football's minor leagues? To show how they felt, admirers showered him with...
...World War II, was known as "Il Corsaro" (the pirate). When the war was over, the 23-year-old Corsaro went with two friends to Spilamberto's priest, who had charge of the cannon, and persuaded him to yield the trophy in exchange for a signed receipt. Detouring en route so the countryside might see, Il Corsaro trundled the cannon home in a handcart, and received a hero's welcome: a supper of lasagna, tortellini, young kid, pork and chicken, topped off by a demijohn of wine. Next day, he loaded the cannon with a double charge...
Gang rushing was the order of the day. First the Crimson would break through the Northeastern defense, take a shot and then crash en masse into the boards behind the cage, while the Huskie defense found itself stacked neatly in the goal mouth. Whereupon there would be a face-off deep in Northeastern ice and the Huskies as often as not would grab the puck and break for the Harvard goal...