Word: fanning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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BOSTON, Nov. 28--New York Ranger forward George (Red) Sullivan today was acquitted of assaulting a fan last March in a Boston Garden brawl which developed from a televised National Hockey League game between the Rangers and the Boston Bruins...
Twelve silver trumpets sounded, and the procession entered the vast church. Behind representatives of the ancient orders-Franciscans, Dominicans, Benedictines, Cistercians-walked dignitaries of Rome's churches, breastplated Swiss guardsmen, velvet-clad chamberlains of honor, honorary privy chaplains, patriarchs, mace-bearers and scarlet-mantled cardinals, fan bearers and Noble Guards. In the chapel of St. Gregory, the cardinals made obeisance to the Pope, kissing his right hand. Then John XXIII was vested to celebrate his solemn papal Mass...
...also could be argued that cheering is something no one really takes seriously, no matter who leads the "rahs," and that spectators would just as soon have a little comic relief during times-out. The Undergraduate Athletic Council may have overestimated the average Harvard fan's desire for Saturday afternoon decorum and the seriousness of his respect for athletes...
Though he was an ardent baseball fan, Cardinal Mooney's own game was golf, which he used to shoot in the low 80s. Said he to one of his priests: "If your score is over 100, you are neglecting your golf-if it falls below 90, you're neglecting your parish...
...neighborhood synagogue, for years owned his own textile business, broke into the Met in 1945 with almost no previous operatic experience. He freely confesses his lack of acting talent, but under proper direction he has produced some fine dramatic characterizations, e.g., Don José, Turiddu, Farrando in Così Fan Tutte. He has a big, warm, sensuous tenore robusto...