Word: rolles
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most Caribbean hurricanes have done before -through a low-pressure trough created by two high-pressure banks. But the "highs" converged so fast that the big 'cane's northward path was blocked. For six hours, she stood ominously still near the Bahamas. When she started to roll again, she headed westward, straight for Florida's southeast Gold Coast...
Although injuries have become an accepted part of the game, often tipping the scales of victory and defeat with embarrassing results, fatalities in collegiate football today are rare. Trainer Jimmy Cox, who remembers when Varsity medical equipment consisted of a "bottle of horse linament, a roll of tape and a tub," credits improved training methods, specialized protective equipment like the modern helmet, and stricter medical checkups with lowering the deathrate. "Nowadays," observe the Varsity trainer, "boys with weak hearts and other boys who should never be allowed on a football field are ruled out at the start...
Last week, fingers snapping, eyes flashing behind her glasses, Chippie shouted through the applause: "What you wanna hear now?" From the bar at the rear a man's deep voice rose clearly above the noise: "Just sing, Chippie, just sing." So Chippie just sang: Steady Roll, Trouble in Mind, Baby Won't You Please Come Home...
...Gerould, were sure that the solid beat of the washboards could make love easy even at Wellesley. "If the UN had only known of us, things might be different," were Ecker's words as he swung into his Marmon. With a hand on the throttle, he added cryptically, "Jelly Roll has that something that Wellesley needs...
Next? There was Elliott Roosevelt, of course, and his actress wife, Faye Emerson. Meyer claimed to have picked up over $1,000 worth of their hotel, bar, party and race-track checks. On the distaff side, the names read like theater marquees or the roll call at Hollywood's Central Casting. Actresses Lana Turner, Linda Darnell and Ava Gardner were said to be on the committee's list. A leggy, blonde ex-riveter named Judy Cook declared that she had been paid $100 to put on her swimming act in the Hughes pool for visiting dignitaries. Actress Myrna...