Word: oed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Another surprise was the fine defensive work of halfback Jim Kenary, and the amazing agility of Kenny O'Donnell, considering he had a broken leg. As for Houston, the local papers were right--he made tremendous offensive blocks and fouled up innumerable Yale plays by taking out the interference, the ball-carrier or both...
Tenors Needed. A big 1948 weekend, say Jones & O'Riley, costs the college man anywhere from $35 to $60. Williams, like Dartmouth, is a skiing college: "You'll eat in ski pants, dance in ski pants, and if you ever get to bed, you might just as well sleep in ski pants." Amherst parties "are definitely of the beery, spur-of-the-moment variety"; a Holyoke girl once complained that "all they ask you for is to sing tenor in some quartet." Princeton parties are held "in rooms that seem no larger than a small station wagon...
...last summer the Detroit Tigers pussyfooted along as tame as tabby cats, getting spotty pitching and mediocre hitting. When they finished in the second division, it was a cinch that fireplug-shaped Manager Steve O'Neill would be looking for another job. He is. Last week the Tigers' millionaire owner, Walter O. Briggs Sr., surprised nearly everybody by signing up quiet, efficient Red Rolfe, 40, the old Yankees' onetime third-baseman. Rolfe, who is head of the Tigers' farm system, has never managed a ball club before...
...Harvard player made the second team, but honorable mention goes to captain Kenny O'Donnell and Hal Moffle...
Maybe next March, thanks to Hal Ulen and company, these 16 letters can be set up in print for the first time in a long while: U-N-D-E-F-E-A-T-E-D S-E-A-S-O...