Word: kiernan
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...host as a transitive verb, as when Johnny Carson "hosts" the Tonight Show, Princeton Historian Eric F. Goldman wrote: "This is TVese and public-relationese, hardly an improvement over the English language." On the use of like as a conjunction, like in the Winston cigarette syndrome, Writer John Kiernan commented: "Such things as these persuade me that the death penalty should be retained." Isaac Asimov, the lucid science writer, also denounced finalize as "nothing more than bureaucratic illiteracy-the last resort of the communicatively untalented...
Yale fields a relatively young defensive secondary and, consequently, Cozza shows considerable concern over the Crimson's passing attack. "[George] Lalich is the key to Harvard's undefeated record," he remarks pointedly. "If he manages to get the ball to those big ends, [Pete] Varney and [John] Kiernan, we are in trouble...
Tackle Fritz Reed is set, but the two other tackles who have seen much action, Bob Dowd and Joe McGrath are injured. Dowd and McGrath will both play, sports information director Baaron Pittinger said Thursday, but both have "painful injuries, which could be aggravated in the game." John Kiernan will start again at right end, as Bruce Freeman is still sidelined by an arm injury...
Following the touchdown, Penn attempted an onside kick, but junior end John Kiernan grabbed the spinning football and raced to the Penn 28 yard line before he was pulled down from behind.PAT CONWAY...
...John Kiernan will replace Freeman at offensive end. John Cassis and Neil Hurley are ready to fill in at offensive tackle and cornerback respectively, if needed...