Word: pester
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some fried chicken,' " recalled Mrs. Gliddon. "He used to sit right here in this kitchen. He'd tell me, 'Miss Stella, I like your fried chicken better than anything in the world.' " When the Gliddon girls would gather with friends, Lyndon would show up to pester them. "But you know," Mrs. Gliddon said, looking out at cold clouds, "even in playing, Lyndon would look out for the underdog...
...paper, the Harvard-Yale game meant nothing more than a first division finish for one of the two 4-4 teams. But for Restic, it meant the difference between a good and a bad season, and for some of the alumni who pester him unmercifully all season, it meant Restic's job. Restic was saved from an avalanche of angry letters and threatening phone calls by none other than "Endzone" Crone, the infamous hero of the '70 Harvard-Yale game. Endzone was hot, going 8-12 for 147 yards and two touchdowns (including a 29 yard TD off a Restic...
...Meanwhile, Krause had been contacted by Chris Bailey, a school committeeman in Seattle notorious for attracting area students to Harvard, his alma mater. Bailey convinced Krause to apply and told Harvard not to let anyone else pester Krause...
Through all of this, McCurdy has not tried to put pressure on the former star, an All-American in cross country as a sophomore. "I don't want to pester him." McCurdy said Wednesday before Pottetti came to talk to him. "It's not in me to tell him he owes the team something...