Word: romp
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...Author Saroyan, for once, is unfair to himself. His latest theatrical what-is-it, which he has literally given to the world,* is like watching the romp of a terrible child who knows when he is being cute. At times the show-off gets tiresome, but there are moments when the beholder is genuinely amused, others when he is moved and impressed...
...need to consider the advisability of sending an expedition to keep the Germans out of key points in West Africa facing South America, or the Japanese out of the Indies. For Anglo-American control of the seas cannot be a matter of complacency so long as the Germans can romp unchecked over the land...
With its 39 points, the Crimson team, trailed by 19 points a powerful Penn aggregation which won six firsts and came through with the additional tallies to romp to its first Ivy League classic win. The Tigers swept into second place with 42 1/2 points, and the Elis trailed the Crimson by half a dozen...
...Cubs have lost but one encounter, while the Freshmen have been able to win only one of their four games. On paper, then, it would look as if the Blues had a good chance of regaining a part of the prestige which vanished in last year's romp...
Hitler's Problem. Geographically the invasion of the Ukraine is now no more difficult for Germany than the invasion of Poland was a year ago. The Ukraine, like Poland, is almost entirely flat so that motorized columns can romp over it at will unless they meet their military match. The only major obstacles of terrain are the great rivers which flow southward into the Black Sea. While the Ukraine looks flat, it is actually underlaid by layers of rock sloping slightly upward to the east. These layers overlap one another like shingles and the rivers run beside the overlaps...