Word: macdonald
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From then on, Author Duncan's ragtag, bobtail characters resemble Betty MacDonald's farmers, except that his chickens lay golden eggs. In the tinseled, brutal world of prancing ponies and pickpockets, Gus acquires money and mistresses. He sells the pickpocket privilege in the show, trims his partner, boosts his own name into stud-horse type. "When business was high the money rolled in so fast there was no time to sort it, so [it was] shoved into a bushel basket. . . . Gus enjoyed picking up the basket and feasting his gaze on that green currency. Sometimes he plunged...
This year James MacDonald, coach of the Soccer team, expects a strong comeback. All but three of last year's starting Varsity team are returning, and in addition Mac will have the whole Freshman team of last year, the squad that amassed the best Harvard soccer record in 17 years...
Besides them MacDonald can count on last year's captain Carlos Blanco, the whole rest of last year's forward line, and the whole of the Freshmen line of last year, which scored an average of five goals a game...
...fill the gaps MacDonald has the Freshman defense of last year, which was not the strongest part of that team, and a flock of steady but unspectacular reserves from last year's Varsity. Mac spent most of last week trying out the candidates at various positions and experimenting with different combinations, but had no comment on how his plans were working...
Coach James MacDonald, for years a professional soccer coach before he came to Cambridge, heads the Crimson booters. Coach MacDonald expects something of a renascence this year...