Word: moley
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Holy Moley!" Publishing wisdom has come slowly and somewhat secondhand to the Four Fawcetts, who have probably bred and killed more magazines than any two other U.S. publishers. Only around the office, never to the public, do they call themselves the "greatest seconds in the business." But True Confessions began three years after Macfadden's phenomenal True Story ; Modern Mechanics, started in 1928, changed its name to Mechanic Illustrated because Popular Mechanics objected. When Ballyhoo created a big, brief stir in 1931, the Fawcetts came up with Hooey. When LIFE scored, the Fawcetts brought out a picture magazine called...
...first two minutes of the period. Belanger threw in a foul and then the Crimson sent five successive baskets through the hoop before the sailors tallied next on a shot by the same Belanger. Then Harvard added two more, to bring the tally to 36 to 32. Ray Moley scored three of the seven baskets on the three successive attempts...
...this point the Coast Guard checked the spurt by stealing the ball from Harvard twice in a row to score two baskets, while Moley scored the only Crimson basket before time...
McGinnis and Warren sank a foul apiece early in this canto to prolong the stalemate. Moley touched the pot in an attempt to bat away a low shot by a sailor. The entire Navy bench screamed a protest and precipitated a royal argument involving everyone from Floyd Stahl to an assistant manager. Nothing came of this verbal engagement and the Receiving Station was awarded the ball for a take-out. Harvard took the ball away, and Moley dropped in a set shot on a pivot pass from oDn Geeson to give the Crimson a 41 to 39 edge. A foul...
...victory was truly a team affair, as a glance at the scoring records will show. Moley, Warren, Hennessy, Geeson and Loring scored 9, 8, 8, 7, and 6 points respectively