Word: punching
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thursday. There was consternation at the White House that spread through official Washington. Said one Administration hand: "Dick is so tired he must be punch-drunk." Presidential Press Secretary James Hagerty got Nixon on the phone, agreed with Nixon that a statement of clarification ought to be put out. Republican National Chairman Meade Alcorn dropped by at the White House to see the President. Then the President sent Nixon a wire noting that 1) although basic foreign policies ought to be bipartisan, 2) it was perfectly O.K. to reply to the Democrats on foreign policy's "operation." Said...
Backed by three consecutive victories, the freshmen eleven has been working hard on a short-passing game. Injuries, however, may soften the punch of a usually hard-hitting scoring line. Chris Martin, a wing forward, will be missing from the field on account of a pulled tendon, while Philip Bernstein, outside left, will be hampered by a sore ankle...
Columbia fumbles and ragged play converted a simple Harvard victory into a near rout at Baker's Field Saturday. The clearly superior Crimson squad gratefully took advantage of a series of Lion mistakes, contributed scoring punch when it was needed, and rolled to a 26-0 triumph over the New Yorkers...
...punch provided by sophomore Jed Fitzgerald was missing. Fitzgerald dropped back from Benjamin, his usual running-mate, and finished seventh, behind Crimson runners Willie Thompson and Mack Brown. Brown, an unpredictable runner, finished ahead of both Ed Martin and Jim Schlaeppi, who have been among the top runners in past races. Buster LaFrance ran tenth in the scoring...
...following autumn, Wolfe started Mannerhouse, a drama about the decay of old South. He wrote to a friend: "I think my play The House will `pack a punch,' for it is founded on a sincere belief in the essential inequality of things and people, in a sincere belief in men and masters, rather than in men and men, in the sincere belief in some form of human slavery--yes, I mean this...." Wolfe did not finish this play at Harvard. He finished it years later, just before he abandoned drama and started Look Homeward, Angel...