Word: puff
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...intervening days Masaryk had complained repeatedly of insomnia. When he left Benes' country home for the 60-mile drive back to Prague, Masaryk offered his bodyguard a cigarette. "I can't smoke on duty," said the guard. "You can smoke with me," said Masaryk. He took a puff or two, stamped it out, and slumped in sleep. He awoke as his car reached Prague's outskirts, surprised to learn he had slept an hour...
Proud, tubby little Andy Varipapa, at 53 the oldest man in the tournament, liked to puff out his gorilla chest and announce that he is the world's greatest bowler (TIME, May 5). A good many of the experts disagreed. They would rather bet their money on glum, gum-chewing Joe Wilman, 41, who was bowling man of the year in 1946 and went about his trade in very businesslike fashion. In Chicago's drafty Madison Street Armory last week, Andy and Joe staged a seesaw duel that made the bowling experts forget anything they had seen before...
Coach Mikkola was blunt last night. "With the strength we have, it is very possible that we might be last." Naturally, the Varsity will huff and puff its hardest over the five-mile Nassau course, but considering the admittedly superior field. Coach Mikkola's statement is not too pessimistic...
...Evanston, ΙΙΙ., Michigan, the nation's top rated team, with hardly a huff or puff, blew Northwestern down, 49-21. ¶At South Bend, Notre Dame, with Star Johnny Lujack under wraps for most of the game, trounced Nebraska, 31-0. Illinois met Minnesota at Champaign, ΙΙΙ., in the week's only big game between unbeaten teams, and Minnesota lost, 40-13. The South's three best unbeaten teams, Texas, Southern Methodist and Georgia Tech, had no trouble keeping their escutcheons unsmudged...
...blocking and tackling, as well as in running, cutting properly, and catching passes. You can take the largest man on the squad, and if he doesn't have his feet right at the start and keep them driving, he'll hit you with all the impact of a cream puff...