Word: foul
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...outlaw the Communists in 1951. Evatt's defense of the Reds, high-minded as it was. provoked a rumble of discontent among his party's Catholic right wing. But the rumble grew into tumult when Evatt assailed the Petrov spy investigation (TIME, Sept. 27) as "a foul conspiracy" hatched by the conservative Liberal government. He carried on so melodramatically that the investigating Royal Commission finally barred him from participating in the hearings...
...Foul. In Pasco, Wash., the State Magistrates Association passed a resolution calling on the legislature to outlaw jail-breaking, which at present is not illegal in Washington...
Despite such attempts to douse the enthusiasm of the bandsmen away from home, even the disheartening combination of foul weather and fouler football have not kept the band from serenading the team after every game. Such consistency of spirit prompted varsity coach Lloyd P. Jordan to present the organization with the football used in the Crimson's 22-to 21 upset victory over Army in 1951. The ball is now encased in a place of honor in the band room...
...save the ball game. In the tenth, the score tied 2-2 and two men on, Durocher called on "Dusty" Rhodes, his first-rate, second-string outfielder, who had been a sensational pinch hitter all season. Dusty Rhodes popped the first pitch into a lazy arc along the rightfield foul line, and a light breeze wafted it over the high green grandstand barrier for a home run that broke up the game...
...barricaded house, howl and gibber-for he happens to be the last man in the world. Among the callers is a charming young lady vampire who looks at the whole thing with a new, vampire morality (a kind of relativism), and to her, Neville with his stakes is a foul murderer. Sure to satisfy the specialized clientele who like their blood running hot and cold...