Word: footings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Leeming injured his foot in practice several weeks ago, the Crimson's record might be somewhat better this season. But if he can return to action against Dartmouth tomorrow, Joe is sure to give the team a lift...
...wooden shoes to the furtherance of civilization. On our five-day cruise through the Dutch canals we found "Heineken's Bier" superior to any brand on tap at Jim Cronin's. Judging by our boat, however, the country's sea power is declining. "The "Swallow IT" was a 20-foot converted life boat with a lowerable mast which left the vessel still too high to go under bridges, an engine which required the constant attention of two deafencd men, and a stove that never worked. But the scenery and the people made up for the lack in the transportation...
Through luck, industry, and the process of squeezing assorted stool pigeons until they quacked like ducks, the Spanish cops rounded up five train robbers, the pants (Congressman Richards' still had a rabbit's foot in one pocket). Congressman Keogh's wallet and $3,800. They announced, not without a flicker of national pride, that the theft had been accomplished at the town of Las Casetas with a fishing pole. The Congressmen accepted their belongings gratefully. At week's end the Generalissimo received the visitors with the air of a man who runs in train robbers...
...longshoremen and Bridges stood talking idly a few minutes more. Harry was expecting a phone call, he said. Finally the airport loudspeaker blared out that Bridges' plane was loading. "Well," said Harry, "there hasn't been any phone call so here it is." He cocked a foot up on a nearby bench and began talking slowly so that reporters could get it all down: "I have negotiated settlement of the longshore strike...
...Crimson, which last week took a 21 to 34 trouncing by Tufts, will again run without Joe Leeming. The varsity captain cut his foot on a piece of glass a week ago last Monday and doctors yesterday said the injury still was not healed...