Word: prowess
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Princeton, meanwhile, rode over New York University, 54 to 20, mainly through 'he prowess of All-American halfback Dick Kazmaier. Although Kazmaier is the only defensive back remaining of the Orange and Black 1950 Ivy League championship team, the new team looks as if it's out to match last year's record...
...fact that his father was a millionaire and a Senator from California gave him an independence that disturbed the undergraduate mind, and his long cigars were bad form in the Yard. Yet his budding prowess as a newspaper owner and manager made him invaluable to the Lampoon in its financial straights...
...fact that his father was a millionaire and a Senator from California gave him an independence that disturbed the undergraduate mind, and his long cigars were bad form in the Yard. Yet his budding prowess as a newspaper owner and manager made him invaluable to the Lampoon in its financial straights...
...fact that his father was a millionaire and a Senator from California gave him an independence that disturbed the undergraduate mind, and his long cigars were bad form in the Yard. Yet his budding prowess as a newspaper owner and manager made him invaluable to the Lampoon in its financial straights...
...prides himself on his chest (50 in.) and biceps (17 in.) and his prowess in weightlifting, boxing and baseball, Lanza treats his voice as if it were a special athletic talent, such as a good batting eye; he likes to swing for a home run every time, and when he has to bunt (as in a soft passage), some listeners have an uneasy feeling that he is trying to punch the ball out of the park. He overworks the Caruso sob. His Italian is rough. He tends to swallow his notes. His brilliant tone is often "white," i.e., lacking resonance...