Word: mocks
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...Varsity prepared for this problem by devoting most of its practice time to a lengthy defensive mock scrimmage, with the jayvees simulating the Princeton single wing attack. The emphasis was on spinners, handoffs, and flankers...
With such mock solemnity Wall Street marked the passing of Commonwealth & Southern Corp., the giant utility holding company now finally dissolved under the Holding Company Act. For years. C. & S.'s low price (generally about $5 ) and large amount of common shares outstanding (more than 33 million) had made it a volume leader on the big board and a rich source of commissions for brokers. C. & S. preferred and common stockholders will get shares in four utility companies, with a listed total of only 20 million common shares...
...photographer, the Boston Post's Morris Fineberg had covered World War I, many a fire, train wreck and disaster. Last week the city desk sent 56-year-old Photographer Fineberg out on a routine job, a mock invasion of South Boston by the U.S. Marines. As he watched them land on a beach, Moe Fineberg told a friendly Globe rival, "That ought to make a good picture." Seconds later, when a projectile exploded in a nearby mortar, a flying chunk of metal hit Photographer Fineberg in the head and killed...
Salter insists on deliberate use of the word / as much as possible (his book is full of it). Mock modesty is all nonsense: "Express agreement when you are praised." Finally, "Don't plan. Live for the next minute . . . and tomorrow will take care of itself...
...realistic mock trial was presented for first year law students last night as an experiment sponsored by the teaching fellows of the Law School. A Law School professor and a prominent Boston attorney argued the case of Starr vs. Keene before a Federal District Judge in the Langdell Court Room...