Word: fraying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Smoke was still curling over Dieppe (see p. 26) when U.S. fighter pilots in the fray returned to their base in Britain and talked to U.S. correspondents. The New York Herald Tribune's Geoffrey Parsons Jr., a notably accurate reporter, wrote...
...gratifying hit-splurge was not the only cheering aspect of the fray since Irv Rudman, Sophomore curveballer, showed plenty of tricky stuff, in addition to some control and general mount savvy unusual for a first year man. The fact that the Hub team managed to work the Crimson moundsman for five runs does not detract much from a very creditable performance, since he allowed only six hits...
...World War I had to grope their way back to base hospitals for glasses-which often did not catch up with them in time for the next battle. War II soldiers with shattered specs are to have prescriptions filled on the battlefield, can then rush back unblinking to the fray...
...same time the Jayvees, which as the Varsity beat Tech by four lengths two weeks ago, and the Freshmen will also carry the Harvard colors into the fray. They '45 sweepswingers are untested as yet, but everyone knows that the Jayvees, stroked by Frank Cunningham, are very nearly the Varsity's peers...
...encouraging showing of the local five against B. U. last Wednesday, Coach Earl Brown should be optimistic for the team's third straight victory in tonight's fray. But as in all Yale games, anything can happen...