Word: punching
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...refreshments at the Conant gymkhana included tea, coffee, and punch . . . the latter to give a resemblance to the inaugural of President Leverett in 1707. We asked one of the butlers how the August gathering behaved...
...stiff right which caught him squarely on the chin. He dropped flat on his face-the first knockdown Loughran had scored in years. He was on his feet before the referee could start to count, attacked Loughran's body savagely for the remaining five rounds, but that one punch cost Sharkey the fight. Two judges disagreed; the referee cast the deciding vote for Loughran because of the knockdown...
When news photographers snapped him at the first practice session of candidates for Harvard's freshman crew, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. jumped out of the shell, exclaimed: "I'll punch you in the nose. And I really mean it." In the boathouse he met a committee of two photographers, told them: "I quit football because I didn't want to be hounded by photographers and I thought you'd leave me alone here. My father is in politics, but I'm not. He has nothing to do with this. I don't want...
...Penthouse there are the Juniors. Three rounds of Planter's punch loosen guarded tongues. "My tutor says I've still a chance. . ." "Just slap the Bible and Shakespeare exams. . ." Two more years is a long time. Half over, and Harvard's better than...
...imagination. It was both amusing and amazing to those of us who relied on newspapers for this information. No admirer of blatant Huey, still I feel that perhaps his conduct could be justified on physiological if not ethical reasons. Piggish Kingfish, he probably waded into his native element, the punch (beverage), over his depth with a sad result. . . . HARWOOD ALLEN Cameron, Wis. Sirs: Allow an ardent TIME reader to highly commend the article in the Sept. 11 issue, entitled "In a Washroom." Here's hoping such a publication of facts will help to muzzle forever "a United States Senator...