Word: pilings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...running through a rugged blocking drill. A pair of blockers smash at one defensive lineman. "Growl at 'em," Duffy cries to Sophomore Tackle Fran O'Brien. Fran growls, is hit by surprise from the side. "What happened?" he grunts, peering up at Duffy from under the pile. Duffy roars with delight. "If they pull that on you in a game, Fran, you complain to the referee...
Acting as though they were discovering and uncovering a pile of dirty linen, four segregationist members of a congressional subcommittee last week launched a windy investigation into Washington's schools. It was no secret to anyone that the D.C. schools, which started integrating two years ago, were having their troubles. But the committeemen, headed by Georgia's Representative James C. Davis,* were clearly out to make a national noise about integration-and they made some noise...
...with his right hand, he applies a light pressure with his left on his well-wisher's right elbow, thus keeping the line moving. When someone launches an extended conversation, Kefauver seems to give undivided attention-but he grabs for the next hand in line. The resulting traffic pile-up generally gets rid of the talker...
Next on Kaiser's toy pile: an aluminum-domed arena to house a radio and color TV station, a movie sound stage, a theater in the round, a combination ice rink and supper club, an 1,800-seat auditorium. When asked how he is going to make the aluminum dome look Polynesian, Kaiser replied confidently: "I'll stick living palm trees through the roof...
...been forced by sheer lack of cash to stop publishing. But this time self-made Financier Fox, 49, did not come back to the controls. He stepped aside by declaring the Post bankrupt, and three court-appointed trustees began trying to dig the paper out of its $2.2 million pile of debts...