Word: pound
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first half of the book makes them all sound more like characters in a hopped-up battle between the cowboys and Indians. The enemy "is coming down the Volga with a flotilla of gunboats." Aten's commander announces at one point, "We'll load up with twenty-pound bombs and take out after him as soon as Bunny (Aten) finishes his tea." Those were the days when military airplanes rarely went faster than 200 miles an hour, and the involved dogfights possible at such low speeds are continually described in a tone that makes one wonder if Aten...
...expected to complete the job this year because of his weak and unpredictable passing ability, the 5'-10" 175-pound senior speedster has led an underrated Crimson eleven to over 260 yards rushing per game and an amazing total of 39 first downs as opposed to only 13 by Lehigh and Cornell...
...have lined up for help that business at the pawnshop has already approached a record $2 billion, nearly twice the previous high of $1.1 billion for all of 1957. The biggest drain came in August, when Britain alone withdrew $1.5 billion in nine currencies to shore up the shaky pound...
Reports from the coaches, always pessimistic at the beginning of the season, showed that Lehigh is "much better" than the 14-6 loss to Delaware indicated. Tovicain et. al. came back with special praise for Lehigh's highly touted pair of senior tackles--Captain Mike Semcheski, 215 pounds, and Reed Bohovich, 6' 4" 245-pound all-Middle Atlantic Conference performer last year. Semcheski is reputedly the best tackle in the MAC this year. Coach Bill Leckonby, father of Yale's quarterback, also impressed the Crimson staff with center-linebacker Charles Crase and fullback Boyd Taylor. Harvard is not taking...
...Shelbyville. Guest of Honor Lyndon B. Johnson saw method in the largesse. ''It's very interesting." said the Vice President, "that when you think of Lady Bird, you give her a very fine walking horse, but when you think of me, you give me a forty-pound. Tennessee-cured...