Word: lame
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...feel like I'm 100 years old," said 33-year-old Byron Nelson. He limped into Dayton's Moraine Country Club, bowed down by a lame back and too much golf. Then, with a sigh, he pulled himself together and hobbled 36 holes in 6 under par to tie for medal honors in the Professional Golfers' Association Championship. That still left a long row of match play to hoe, and Nelson was feeling no spryer...
...quit, once he had been whipped to the front, was a lazy-looking 12-to-1 shot called Polynesian. He was even pulling away at the end of his upset $66,170 race. Hoop Jr., three times second in three previous races over the Baltimore track, finished second and lame- 0 and 1 half lengths back. Far off last year's championship form (and his workout), Pavot ran an unexciting fifth, helped to make the feverish search for a three-year-old champion even harder...
...Prime Minister grinned at this lame bravado. Mr. King was entitled to a little self-satisfaction. His announcement had come just one day after Ontario had set June 11 as the date of its provincial election. The Pro-Cons are admittedly strong in Ontario; by making the two elections simultaneous, foxy Prime Minister King seemed to have blitzed their hopes that a Pro-Con triumph in Ontario would bolster the party's subsequent Federal balloting. The Toronto Globe & Mail called it "low political cunning." There was no denying the cunning...
Dick insists that it has possibilities but Marv Fauria, (perhaps with a tinge of jealousy), was heard to remark that such a cadence was intended to keep only the lame, the limping and the halt in step. Perhaps time or merely some passing Lieutenant-Commander will decide its usefulness for once...
...winds up seeming more like just a foolish notion. For all the Elizabeth Ardenish chic with which he has surrounded his Enoch Ardenish story, Barry cannot pump any real life or lightness into it. The visions make neither good sense nor good nonsense; the ending of the play is lame; the dialogue is sometimes bright but often flashy, and riddled with literary puns ("I have been faithful to thee, Cynara. after my Old Fashioneds"). For its best moments Foolish Notion can thank deep-throated Actress Bankhead-a tiger in her wrath and also (with a funny line) a tiger...