Word: holing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Between drinks he was drilled in secret codes, in how to make explosives out of homemade materials, how to make a time bomb out of a wristwatch, how to blow up ships (drill a hole in a chunk of coal, fill with explosive, drop coal in bunker. When fed to boilers, the explosion bursts the boilers). When Eddie was judged ready, the Germans strapped ?2,000 on his back, fitted him out with an English-made suit, shoes, detonators, wireless set, and an identity card salvaged from the dead of Dieppe. His mission: to blow up the De Havilland factory...
Private Eye. In Monterey Park, Calif., jilted by his girl Jean Yates, Campion C. Rogers was arrested after he decided to spy on his rival, cut a 1-in. hole in Jean's living-room wall, a 10-in. hole in her bedroom floor...
...Toad's Mockery. In The Wind in the Willows (newly reissued by Scribner, with illustrations by Ernest Shepard; $2.50), Grahame deals with sensible animals whose aim is to enjoy life to the full. Mr. Rat, who lives in a well-furnished hole in the riverbank, is just like any middle-class bachelor with a riverside bungalow-except that he is sensible enough to spend his days boating instead of in an office. And his friend Mole is the same kind of fellow...
Playing the pivot on what he calls "their very well balanced team" is 6 ft.; 5 in. John Sheeby; scouting reports indicate that he is "very smooth--their see in the hole." At the guards for Cornell will be Dave Bradfield and diminutive (5 ft., 8 in.) Charlie Rolles. Rolles is a sophomore, as is starting forward Ray Zelek, who stands...
...uniform until the hockey team swings west over Christmas. And two days ago, Moynihan, who returned to action against Yale and turned in such a fine game last year, was placed on temporary probation. Team members expect him to be able to play soon, but that leaves big defensive hole tonight...