Word: patly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then Nevada's silver-haired, rancorous Pat McCarran, spokesman for the silver bloc, opened a filibuster against an Administration bill to permit the sale of Government-owned silver for commercial use at less than the pegged price. One day Pat McCarran read drowsily for four hours from ancient RFC hearings. His voice began to crack; while the opposition was napping, Pat McCarran gained unanimous consent for a clerk to continue the reading. The clerk droned on, filling up 15 pages of the Congressional Record, at $55 a page...
...changes in the Crimson lineup are plotted by Chase, who will stand pat on the sextet which opened the Tufts embroglio. The front line of Caleb Loring, Marc Beebe, and Billy Harding, he of three goal fame, is intact, and the defensive duet of Captain Johnny Paine and Dick Mechem will be on hand for the referee's whistle. Wearing the pads and tending the cage will Goodie Harding, who also started against the Jumbos...
...mine slambanger comes through hell on three levels (sea, air and subsea) and large quantities of high water (the North Atlantic) while telling the simple story of the Sybil Gray, a munitions-laden laggard from a United Nations convoy. It comes through the mutual animosities of Chief Petty Officer Pat O'Brien and disgraced, re-enlisted Sailor George Murphy so predictably that by the picture's end they are brothers-in-law (with the help of Nurse Jane Wyatt). It also comes through at the seams, so abundantly that it is sometimes hard to see the ballast...
...Navy was surprised, promptly gave West a huge contract for invasion barges. West drew the plans, farmed out the work, and delivered the whole fleet only eight months after the contract was signed. Watching his progress, the Navy was flabbergasted, gave him a big pat on the back, a Navy "E" and contracts for many more submarines...
...second game of the year, displaying huge amounts of defensive power to a bewildered Adams team that never once crossed the midfield stripe. Bellboy right guard Charley Gardner provided the margin of victory for the cellar team, when in the second period he stole the ball from Gold Coaster Pat Culliton and romped 30 yards for the game's only score. FINAL HOUSE STANDINGS Team Won Lost Tied Pts. Leverett 5 1 1 11 Dunster 3 0 4 10 Winthrop 4 2 1 9 Eliot 3 4 0 6 Adams 2 3 2 6 Kirkland 2 4 1 5 Dudley...