Word: greensward
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pigeons lay headless on the very greensward of the medieval Tower of London where Anne Boleyn's head had rolled. "At night," said one of the Tower's famed Beefeaters last week, "we heard awful noises in the casements." Yeoman Quartermaster Thomas Johns set out four traps, and what he caught was enough to startle even that grizzled veteran of two wars. "I thought," he said, "I was in the wilds of Borneo. I saw nothing like this one in India." The quarry was a huge and ferocious cat whose writhing body "nearly filled the two-foot cage...
...there are lots of them--may oust some of last year's holdovers before the first snowfall, but on the basis of past performances, here's the way the Varsity may line up on December 4. Two Seniors, Captain Chip Gannon (provided he can shift gears from greensward to hardwood in time) and Walt McCurdy, will probably be at the guards. McCurdy, who played varsity ball for St. John's Invitation Tourney team in 1944 and led Iowa Seahawk scoring during the war seems to be fitting into Barclay's style of play better than he did last year...
Before he can expect to trot out onto the Stadium greensward Saturday, though, he must convince three men by the names of Stone, Hickey, and Glynn that this pre-season rating is not merely idle talk. Don Stone played first-string center last fall when Chuck Glynn hurt his hand. He was particularly effective on defense. A Senior, he got his football groundwork at Roxbury Memorial High...
...there is no cause to view with alarm. By July most of the snow will be gone, and happy boys and girls will tread the greensward without hard, sudden falls. The cars will run once again, and a new spirit of triumph will probably...
...Take Them with You. The last day of the visit had been set aside, at the President's specific request, for whatever he wanted to do. It turned out to be a 45-mile drive downriver to the swank Seigniory Club, where he had lunch and held a greensward press conference. Perhaps his speech the day before had seemed too obviously aimed at Russia. So he broadened the appeal: the U.S. wants friendship with every nation, he said, emphasizing the word every...