Word: lorded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Surviving Nationalization. At the helm of John Brown is Lord Aberconway, 51, a pleasant, unprepossessing product of Eton and Oxford, who succeeded both his father and grandfather as chairman. Lord Aberconway stresses Brown's broad outlook: "We call our selves engineers and shipbuilders...
Because such business is more promising than shipbuilding, John Brown will be paying less and less attention to the sea. The changing emphasis will reflect its motto-Nee Sorte Nee Fato [Neither by luck nor destiny]-which Lord Aberconway amplifies by adding, "Rather by planning and good work...
Wilson danced backwards for most of the fight, trying to stay out of reach of Lord's windmill. At one point early in the second round, Lord cocked his arm and threw a roundhouse right which missed Wilson completely causing Lord to lose his balance and flop to the canvas...
...Freshman heavyweight fight was somewhat of a burlesque. At the beli, Holworthy's Carter Lord, 205-pound captain of the Yardling football team, came out of his corner (which was manned by seven seconds) flailing his arms. During the first minute, he threw at least one punch per second, and connected with Ron Wilson of Matthews South approximately four times...
...second round, Wilson moved in under Lord's guard and planted a right to the nose which, by Lord's own admission, was "mighty strong." The third round was much the same, but in a heartily booed decision, Referee Zapustas gave the victory to Lord...