Word: mikes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...laugh at people any more. The dialect story is out. Stories about races and creeds are bootleg items. Only the Irish have not laid down the law, and the Irish joke has been damaged because people have found out that Pat and Mike were really not Irishmen. All Irishmen are named Sean ... All this leaves Texas as the thing that the U.S. people can laugh about without looking over their shoulder or lowering their voices, and it is a good thing. The people which can't laugh at itself is going crazy...
...Olympic prediction came closer to the truth. Coach Counsilman gave all the credit to his energetic, good-looking young (20) pupil. "George worked hard," he said. "And he sets no psychological limit on what he will do." Said Ohio State Coach Mike Peppe, who is probably still wondering how a swimmer like Breen ever got away from him: "Breen's record is comparable to a 3:52 mile in track. He's undoubtedly the greatest long-distance freestyler this country has ever...
...Fangio's swift, shovel-nosed, 34-liter Ferrari had all the power and acceleration a skillful driver needs, but its conventional drum-and-shoe brakes were not designed for that demanding course. The best of Fangio's competitors had cars that seemed better fitted. Former British Champion Mike Hawthorn was at the wheel of a big (20 cc. more displacement than the Ferrari), D-type Jaguar fitted out with husky disc brakes, a type relatively unaffected by heat. Current British Champ Stirling Moss was driving a light (2.9-liter), cat-quick Aston Martin, also with disc brakes. Both...
Chief scholars in the varsity's first attack will be captain Dexter Lewis, Larry Coburn, and Don Davidoff, all back from last year, plus sophomores Mike Shaw and Charlie Malonee...
Munro will take three midfields on the trip, all veterans of last year's dark days: Fuzzy Stewart, Jim Gale, and Tom Draper; Mike Holmes, Barry Saxe, and Mike Durham; Maclay Hyde, Johnny Lane, and Tony Ostheimer...