Word: hotheadedness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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His adviser Mike Straus once declared: "He's ornery, hardheaded, the damndest and most unreasonable hotheaded man you ever saw." Ickes, listening eagerly, crowed: "You see?"
In the long run, the brittle Black Hawks didn't have as much chance for survival as the fourth-place Boston Bruins. But the Bruins had their own invalid problems with hotheaded Milt Schmidt (groin injury) and shrewd Bill Cowley (broken hand).
In Rome one night last week armored cars clattered through the streets to the Quirinal Palace and heavily armed carabinieri doubletimed to the piazza in front of Crown Prince Umberto's spreading, magnificent home. The common man ran for cover; he did not want to be caught in the...
Said the Globe & Mail: "The incident was an unfortunate one, provoked by ... four hotheaded labor spokesmen." The union men said that when they found Howe was at the golf club they "took the bull by the horns."
The third day, Dodger Augie Galan got tossed for kicking dirt at Umpire Barr (fine: $50). Dixie Walker followed-for flinging his glove in the air in disgust (no fine). In the final game, Brooklyn's hotheaded Ed Stanky had his $50's worth of fun. He threw...