Word: hammerism
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...cottage," when the Sunday lunch table was set for 250 as a matter of course, and creeping socialism was represented by the 16th Amendment, empowering the Government to levy an income tax. Another knell tolled for those high and far-off times last week as the auctioneer's hammer fell on the contents of The Elms, one of the last of the great houses that were still homes-until the death a year ago of Miss Julia Berwind, at approximately...
...tailored to elegance. But he also has a passion for "the free gesture." He often punches his fist through a plaque of wax, which is then cast into bronze. Another "free gesture'' was achieved by smashing a hole through a triangular piece of wood with a sledge hammer...
...sixth time, the three Laotian princes met last week to hammer out agreement on a neutral, coalition government for their divided nation...
...Crimson finished eighth in the IC4A field with 13 points, as Villanova, with 49 1/2, easily took the team title. Ted Bailey won the hammer throw with a toss of 192 ft., 3 in., and Rick DeLone was third in the shot put at 53 ft., 11 1/2 in., to account for the rest of the Harvard scoring...
...alleys, and collecting votes for the Hall of Fame. Yet Musial, his reflexes still sharp and his aging muscles still limber, keeps right on playing leftfield for the Cards with a young man's speed. And each time he uncoils from his familiar, knock-kneed batting crouch to hammer a single over second, he rewrites baseball's record book. Even today, says Los Angeles Dodger Coach Leo Durocher, "there is only one way to pitch to Musial - under the plate." Most of Everything. Seven times National League batting champion (lifetime average: .333), Musial already holds 40 league records...