Word: pinned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Kuncz filled in his days at Noirmoutier by reading, writing, lecturing on literature. A sculptor made pin-money by making and selling little statuettes of his well-remembered mistress. Some ran a gambling game, others bowled on a home-made alley. The poorer prisoners acted as servants for the richer. Two madmen, one of whom thought he was God, provided occasional entertainment. In the early years perversion was comparatively rare, but, to the sex-starved prisoners, the occasional girls they saw, on their convoyed trips outside the walls, seemed part-angels, part succubi. Once Kuncz and a few companions tunneled...
...track notorious for reversals of form, six races on one afternoon's program were won by the favorites: Maine Chance, Spoilt Beauty, My Boss, Torfrida, New Pin and Ouragan...
...Wood's prodigious driving, Runyan's spoon shots and his brilliant putting, brought them to the 36th green all even. Both sank 12-ft. putts. They halved the 37th with birdie 4's. On the 38th green, Wood's ball lay 12 ft. from the pin, his adversary's 8. Wood missed the putt. Runyan tapped his smartly into the cup, for match & title...
...snow white silk from head to feet. Around his waist was a broad black and silver sash from which hung a red leather holster and a golden dirk of honor. From a shoulder strap to the top button of his tunic ran a golden cord. A black pearl pin ornamented his cravat. On his left breast blazed decorations headed by the Pour le Merite order. The Premier stood out from the brown background of his followers like a silver swan. His smile glittered like gold...
...Paris sportpaper, founded the race in 1903 as a circuit of the Auvergne highlands, enlarged it by stages to its present scale. L'Auto foots the bills for meals & lodging, furnishes to each contestant his bicycle, as many tires as he can wear out, $2.64 per day for pin-money. This year publicity-seeking merchants have scraped up 800,000 francs ($52,800) for prizes. The winner of each of the 23 daily laps gets 1,.000 francs...