Word: pats
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dear dignity's sake, two jazzmen prepared to slough their nicknames. As opening wedge, "Pee Wee" Irwin demanded billing as George "Pee Wee" Irwin. "Muggsy" Spanier became Francis "Muggsy" Spanier. "Fats" Waller, "Cootie" Williams, "Wingy" Mannone, "Buster" Bailey stood pat...
Harlow stated that except for McKinney's absence the first team would line up on Saturday as against Dartmouth. Bill Wilson, the Sophomore tailback who handled his first starting assignment so creditably against the Indians, thus receives a pat on the back, and it means that, with Franny Lee in his old position at right half, or wing back, Harlow's worries about wingbacks...
...Pat Higgins, 175-pound right halfback from Exeter, was easily the most outstanding player on the field as he accounted for three of his team's four touchdowns. He tallied two on wide and runs and passed to Dick Gill for another...
...complimented for his work in the wingback slot. He was recently transferred from tailback on account of the injury of Gordy Lyle, Ray Guild, and Greely Summers, not to speak of Harry Tine, another prospect. In the line, rugged Tom Gardiner was on the receiving end of a Harlow pat on the back...
...those who recalled Thurman Arnold's highly seasoned attacks on sinister Nazi influences on U.S. business, the wording of Justice's victorious announcement tasted like milk toast. It went out of its way to pat Sterling on the back. It was nonetheless a victory, for the Department of Justice, for the vigorous anti-Nazi elements in Sterling's management, and for their mentor, Thomas Gardiner Corcoran, who (as Sterling's counsel) worked out the deal. It also patterned one method by which U.S. corporations can cancel German contracts without subjecting themselves to stockholders' suits...