Word: pounding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hoffman was calling for integration at a time when the split between controlled-economy Britain and the relatively free-economy Continent was wider than ever. The French and their continental friends were still fuming over the fact that the British had devalued the pound without even consulting them (TIME, Sept. 26 et seq.). They accused the U.S. of granting Britain the privileges of a specially favored nation, at the expense of Western Europe's unity. Hoffman tried to deflect some of this resentment. He was taking a crack at the British when he called upon the governments to give...
...stay fit for one big match after another. Last week Big Jake cast a quizzical eye upon 190-lb. Pancho Gonzales, 21, twice U.S. amateur champion and current aspirant to Kramer's professional throne. Said Kramer: "He'll melt off some of that weight, and every pound will make it tougher on me. Pancho didn't get enough work as an amateur...
Miriam (Hebrew for Mary) is a gentle, devout girl whose life has been spent in the peaceful town of Nazareth, feeding the animals, drawing the water for the family, tending the vegetable garden, pressing oil for the lamps, learning how to pound spices. Wild animals are tame in her presence; the fawn and the doe approach her fearlessly. And, like many a daughter in Israel, she dreams of one day bearing the child who will grow up to be the King-Messiah...
This sort of attack wasn't practical before Saturday but as Valpey said after the game: "You have to pound to win your bread-and-butter games." That's why the spectators weren't treated to a more diversified Harvard offense--the Crimson threw only 11 passes...
Holy Cross also comes up to this game in its best physical condition since the start of the season. Nevertheless, it is still without 237-pound tackle Bill Petreski and three first stringers, plus several others who will see action but are not in the best of shape...