Word: holing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jimmy Roosevelt had been hanging around the banks of California's muddy political swimming hole all spring, testing the water with his toe, bouncing tentatively on the springboard, and obviously preparing to jump in any minute. Early last month, on the anniversary of his father's death, he got a big push-30 Democratic California businessmen gave him a private dinner at Los Angeles' swank Chasen's Restaurant and pledged $50,000 to back him in politics...
...Summary: Rickenbacker (II) defeated Flynn (BU), 2 and 1; O'Keefe (II) defeated Sullivan (BU), 1 up; Matson (H) defeated Bates (BU), 6 and 4; Olsen (BU) defeated Mee (H), 1 up, nineteenth hole; Denton (H) defeated Gorman (BU), 4 and 3; Seager (H) defeated Toner...
Soggy Pancakes. About 475 miles from Honolulu the Diesel gave up altogether, and at that point passengers discovered that one of the two lifeboats was loaded with cases of soda pop. The other had a hole in it. The passengers prayed; Captain E. M. Nicol radioed the U.S. Coast Guard. Almost five days later, the Pasado was towed into Honolulu. As she approached the harbor the stove blew up and splashed its soggy batch of pancakes against the overhead...
...began to sink piles. Then suddenly they found that the ground was unsuitable, and suspended operations. That was some 15 years ago, and last week the gaping pit was still there. No matter what their press told them, Muscovites presumably still knew the difference between a skyscraper and a hole in the ground...
This leaves Dike Hyde exactly where he was, except for one very important duty--that of kicking the extra points. Emil Drvaric's graduation left a big hole in this department, but Hyde stepped into it with ease, converting on four out of six points after touchdowns...