Word: samsonian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Flying Officer Kyte, a feet-off-the-ground burlesque of Britain's wartime flyboys, complete with Samsonian mustaches and a rich flow of RAFfish lingo ("Bang on, wacko, wizard show, I care for that, HA, HA!"). Characteristic Kyte joke: "Whale of a party, sir. I went as radar ... a picture of Queen Anne and a placard pinned to my trousers." Barker: "What did it say?" Kyte: "Dead on the beam...
...half time, with Cornhusker power matched by Indian guile, the score had seesawed to 14-13, in favor of the Indians. Then, in the third quarter, after Nebraska had staged a Samsonian goal-line stand, the stadium suddenly shook with a thunderous roar. With his teammates giving an incredible display of downfield blocking, Stanford's Pete Kmetovic, running back Nebraska's punt, scooted over the Nebraska goal line in a 40-yd. zigzag sprint-with all of the Cornhuskers flat on their faces behind him. The Nebraskans failed to score again. So the Indians stuck another feather...
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