Word: maw
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Behind this array lies strong depth. In every event the varsity roster lists two good swimmers. The backstroke will see Jay Hayden and Sandy Maw, who placed in the Easterns last season...
Citizen's Complaint. Last week many Britons were looking longingly at a Scandinavian answer to this problem-the institution of the ombudsman (pronounced om-boods-maw), a word that translates roughly as "the grievance man.'' Founded in Sweden 150 years ago in frank imitation of the ancient Roman 'tribunes of the people," whose job it was to watch the administration of justice and give assistance to citizens who were treated harshly, it has since spread to Finland and Denmark, is likely to be adopted this fall by Norway...
...like a small tornado forms below and just ahead of the engine's intake. If anything loose is within its reach, the vortex lifts it up like a house in a Kansas twister. Then the main air stream grabs it and hurls it into the engine's maw...
...Sandy Maw, Doug McCartney, Tom Bartlett, and Dick Seaton took the honors in the medley relay with a time of 4:05.8. Seaton's younger brother Dave took an easy first in the 220-yard freestyle in 2:20.9. Bruce Hunter, as usual, dispensed with his Bruin challenger Ed Nicholson in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyles. His time in the 50 was a breezy...
...market a remarkable criticism machine that fairly revolutionized the literary business. This ingenious invention, which closely resembled an old-fashioned washing machine but was of course so very much more than that, could wring out any piece of English prose that a skillful scholar introduced to its slithery maw. The Harvard English Department, never remiss in its respect for venerability, kept the criticism machine in perfect working order, oiling it, polishing it, loving...