Word: lames
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...alternative--allowing DeGuglielmo to ramain as an interim manager--was hardly more feasible. As a "lame duck" lacking the confidence of the council majority, he would have had to sound them out on any decision other than the most routine. DeGuglielmo probably knew this, and it is unlikely that he really expected to remain as interim manager. The bloc opposing him had waited two years to dismiss him; they had the votes, and, as one councillor put it, "the ball game was over...
Deserting the Ship. Some observers are so convinced Johnson will be beaten next year that they have already concluded he is a lame duck in aspic. "Lots of so-called friends are deserting his ship," said one politician, "the way they were deserting Harry Truman's in 1948 and 1952." Still, it would be unwise to count the President out-or even to rate him an underdog. Despite the challenge from Minnesota Democrat...
Another old intellectual war horse of the '30s has run in the Marx Memorial Handicap and pulled up lame but far from winded after 513 grueling pages...
Munro shuffled his forwards throughout the afternoon, since his starting right wing, sophomore Gerry Montero, showed up lame with a sprained ankle ad couldn't play. So the Crimson coach played Detora. Geoff Keppel, and Peter Millock about equally in the fifth forward slot...
...both his wings can't play today, Munro could be in trouble. He could switch Lutz Hoeppner to one wing, but then would have to start an inexperienced sophomore at the other outside slot. If Azikiwe shows up lame, Mike Sicher would play right half and captain Joe Gould would move to the left side...