Word: manus
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Freudiosyncracy; just a lapsus manus...
KIRKLAND: The Deacons, who were first in the Straus trophy standing at the end of last fall, are once again strong in all four sports. In football Coach Eli Manus is building his split-T offense around quarterback and captain Bill Gerety, who will be protected by a line averaging over 180 pounds. Particularly impressive for Kirkland during the early season practice were fullbacks Glenn Sisler and Charlie Nichols...
Things went reasonably well for a while, but soon Roussel discovered that Byzan tine Empire politics were veined with in trigue and deceit. When Emperor Ro-manus Diogenes and his huge force of 60,000 men were beaten by treachery at Manzikert in 1071, confusion became the real ruler of the Empire. Emperors were made and unmade overnight, and an honest free-lance soldier scarcely knew his employer from one battle to the next. Roussel tried desperately to keep on the winning side, and for a time it seemed that his chance for a personal domain might come. But when...
...remote south coast of Manus Island, 200 miles from New Guinea, famed Anthropologist Margaret Mead was interrupted in her research last month by an urgent message. The district commissioner had sent a boat to tell her that New York was trying to reach her by telephone. Fearing some emergency, Dr. Mead set off on a seven-hour trip through dangerous reefs and rough seas to take the call. It turned out to be from a researcher working for Manhattan's Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn Inc. The message: "Dr. Mead, we are conducting worldwide research into the smoking habits...
...backfield, the Pointers feature strength at left halfback and speed at right half. Bell and Paul Schweikert are both hard to tackle, and Manus and Freddie Attaya are both rapid--if and when they can get past their own line...