Word: pegging
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...association's account, the cow was not the culprit. The guilty party was a one-legged neighbor of Mrs. O'Leary, Dennis ("Peg Leg") Sullivan, who went to the O'Leary barn for a nightcap, lit his pipe and ignited the hay. As he tried to flee, his peg leg stuck in a floor crack. He discarded it and hobbled to safety by clinging...
...Peg Dusek, one of the two women in the group, found a bed in the state-sponsored Boston Temporary Home for Women. She shared a room with two other women, two children and an army of cockroaches. When a woman enters the home, the authorities take all her money-"to protect us from being irresponsible," as Dusek put it. But the result is a humiliating dependence. "You have to ask the matrons for 50? for transportation if you want to go out to look for a job," said Dusek. "You even have to ask for toilet paper." But she also...
Pete Bernhard did not have a good season this spring at the plate, but he will always be remembered as "Mr. Slaps," the backbone of consistency in the infield. Bernhard never missed a pick-off throw or even a poor peg to first. And our CRIMSON photo file has several pictures that prove his confidence at first led many umpires to make a poor judgment call...
...also against UMass, the Crimson's flaws were apparent. A good catcher had no trouble throwing out any Harvard base runner besides Vince McGugan and Ignacio, and Varney's peg down to second left much to be desired...
Perhaps the story is true; perhaps Garry is right; perhaps no matter how hard the good liberals like Judge Mulvey try, a square peg won't fit into a round hole, a political trial won't try like an ordinary criminal one. But will the liberals, who would care if they could be convinced, and the conservatives, who wouldn't, be convinced by marching in the streets when the jury comes back? Will Seale and Huggins go free...