Word: glum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Callow, who coached Penn for 23 years before going to Navy, was frankly jubilant. "I've been trying for ten years to beat Harvard," he crowed. Harvard, which had won every Adams Cup since 1937, was understandably glum. Said Harvard Coach Harvey Love, echoing what every crewman now knew: "Navy certainly is the top crew. They're the ones to knock off-if anyone...
...Olympics, U.S. women beat some relatively easy competition to place third, outshining the U.S. men, who wound up seven notches below the Finnish champions. U.S. Olympic Coach Gene Wettstone, who calls U.S. gymnastics an "orphan sport," remains glum. Eying American prospects for Helsinki this summer, he thinks "foreign countries will probably top us again...
...move to regain possession of their properties. Their request for a temporary order to restrain the President from seizing the mills was promptly rejected by District Judge Alexander Holtzoff. He was not sure whether or not his court could issue an injunction against the President of the U.S. A glum collection of steelmen stalked into Secretary Sawyer's office. Cracked U.S. Steel's Ben Fairless, with a sour grin: "Hello Boss...
...mushroom cloud of an atomic-bomb explosion rose over scenes of destruction, flint-faced firing squads in U.S. uniforms, crucified and gibbeted North Koreans. At the left stood a benign Stalin, filially flanked by a boyish Mao Tse-tung, who held out the Red dove of peace to three glum cartoon villains-a gun-toting, Bible-clutching Uncle Sam, a fist-clenching John Bull, and a somewhat hung-over Marianne...
...glum picture is somewhat brightened, however, with the return of Johnny Lee for Saturday's meet with Springfield. Pickett plans to use the National A.A.U. champ at 123, to move sophomore Eddie Bursk into Adams' position, and to put Frank Dewar...