Word: limerick
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...George Limerick slipped the puck past goalie Andy Newell late in the final period for the only Arlington tally...
...Limerick, Ireland...
...KEANE Limerick, Ireland...
...else at the time) or a changeling-the adopted daughter of gypsies (her favorite fantasy, which psychologists will recognize). Was Francisco Montes, the famous bullfighter, her father? (He denied it.) Was she born in Turkey? India? Her real name was Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, and she came from Limerick. At all events, she liked to wear black, was on the stage, had tiny feet and enormous eyes. Her whole life was as absurd as a Verdi opera plot adapted for the wide screen...
...year-old gaffer who got a pass from the geriatrics ward of Limerick City Home and Hospital last week hobbled down the street with the same fixed purpose as many another Irishman, sick or well. He was heading for the nearest bookie to bet a tanner or a bob on the Grand National. "The sixpenny bet," said an authority on Fitzwilliam Square (Dublin's Harley Street), "is a great piece of therapy. It keeps them living-to see if their horse wins." Last Saturday, as Quare Times won at Aintree (see SPORT), the Irish hospitals won straight across...