Word: neils
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...imitation petit-point chairs, on the egg-yolk-yellow couch, on the floor, looking at one another and at souvenir ashtrays and an Album of the New York World's Fair." When they were settled, Grandpa Kingsblood informed them in a trembling voice that his son Neil had something on his mind "which he will now confess...
...lobby came a sharp, shouted command from a guard: "Hats off, strangers." Everyone stood stone still. There was a long minute of silence as the Speaker's procession approached. (In such a moment at a recent session, a Member tried to get the attention of Laborite Neil MacLean, called sotto voce, "Neil . . . Neil." Six women, they say, knelt.) Brigadier Sir Charles Howard, the Serjeant at Arms (who insists that his title be spelled that way), wearing knee breeches and black silk stockings, bore on his right shoulder the five-foot, knob-headed gilded mace which is the House...
High jump--Won by G. O'Neil; tie for second between G. Hauptfuhrer and O. C. Torrey. Height...
Mayer to Warner. L.B. watched intently, talked little, listened closely as his friend and lawyer, Neil McCarthy, bid up to $135,000 for the mare Busher. McCarthy figured he had a good buy even though the 1945 Horse of the Year was a semi-cripple. Said he: "I've already been offered $50,000 for her first foal. . . . What better investment could a man make?" Most other bids looked dizzily high. Mayer had picked a good time to sell...
Bill Currier, another import from Jay Thomas's Yardling squad, won a 4 to 3 decision over Indian Neil Beard in the 136-pound weight while captain Don Louria fought to a 2 to 2 draw with Fred Klett at the 165-pound class in a match in which almost all the action was inconclusive sparring from standing...