Word: pound
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...baseball game taking place this afternoon at Soldiers Field, Battledore K. Pressbane will lead the forces of farce in an attempt to overthrow a 23 year string of CRIMSON victories. Ace flinger Michael "Maggot" Maggoby, 200 pound two year old, will hurl from the mound for the newshounds...
...undefeated Princeton varsity 150 pound crew easily defeated Yale by a length and Harvard by two lengths to win the Goldthwait Cup at Derby, Saturday, in New Haven...
Three Crimson 150 pound crews, undefeated except for the varsity which lost to M.I.T., race this afternoon against strong Princeton and weaker Yale crews, at Derby in New Haven...
Tears Never Fell. Pound's Bennett rarely comes to full life except when Pound is quoting from his subject's own prolific notes and letters. But Pound has done a satisfying job of culling the word-master's words, and the result is a picture of a skillful stylist and keen observer who kept his artistic standards high, even when turning words into gold at the rate of $10,000 a month...
...Arnold Bennett finally settled into an insomnia-free sleep, having produced close to 40 novels, more than a dozen plays, and such pocket philosophies as How to Live on 24 Hours a Day and Mental Efficiency. He left a literary reputation and personal legend which justifies Biographer Pound's evaluation : "Like a man of the Renaissance, he seemed to be greater than his work...