Word: hooks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...That's about the ticket,' said the inspector. 'We treat our own people the same way, so you, as a foreigner, can't kick. Al, help him to load up the plane and hook on a train of gliders...
...shot his way right back to the top of the heap, with earnings of $42,556. But try as he might, Ben couldn't seem to win the big one-the U.S. Open. His swing still didn't suit him; his drives still had a tendency to hook...
...golf balls than any man alive. Then one day in 1947 while he was walking out to a practice tee in Fort Worth, a brand new idea occurred to him. He hit a few shots in what was for Ben a slight change of style. He had lost the hook (which golfers say always rolls till it reaches trouble) and found a fade (a slight drift to the right) which he could control with great accuracy...
...shuffled into Manhattan's Hook & Ladder Co. No. 3 on Christmas night did not look much like a philanthropist. His shoes were broken, his pants were frayed, he wore only winter underwear under his pea jacket. But the firemen knew him well as a man of good will and charity...
...League basketball, the classy, high-rated Lowell team continued its victory streak with a solid 51 to 23 win over Adams. The Bellboy five couldn't miss, scoring on set shots, hook shots by John Altrocchi, and fast drive ins by high scorer (21) "Goldie" Goldsmith. The squad also kept firm control of the backboards. In the B League game, Adams beat Lowell...