Word: peg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Their explanations were vague. Hickenlooper mumbled that Pike was a "square peg in a round hole," added later that Pike had always been opposed to the H-bomb. "I don't know what their gripe is," Pike declared. "Whatever the reason was, it wasn't stated either directly or by innuendo." Last year, because "we didn't have the dope in front of us as to what we would be getting for what we were spending," he had been doubtful about the H-bomb, he added. But "as the facts came in, my attitude did change...
Centerfielder Sands is Yale's best out fielder. He has a strong, accurate peg, and can go long distances for fly balls. His hitting, however, is rather weak; he bats ninth...
...Armstrong, tall Floridan, rounds out the starting outfield. Armstrong the only junior on the first team, has speed and an accurate peg...
...Terriers threatened in the sixth, but a fine peg from Canepa to catcher Chuck Wade cut off the potential score...
Efficient Edith Helm, White House social secretary, was momentarily nonplussed. At a press conference someone said he had heard that Bess Truman "used to beat even the boys at mumblety-peg when she was a child in Independence. She used to pull the peg out with her teeth, too." Quickly rallying, Mrs. Helm replied: "That's an esoteric rite of the player. I used to play it myself...