Word: score
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Bernard Mannes Baruch made all the millions he thought he needed-a score or more-and withdrew from Wall Street in 1912. "Greatest speculator of his generation" he was called by men who knew. Envious men accused him of having a sixth sense-a feminine intuition that guided his financial darts and swoops. His own explanation was the original definition of the verb "to speculate." He said: "Analyze the word and you'll find that it comes from the latin speculare, to observe. According to the dictionary, it means to ponder a subject in its different aspects and relations...
...Horseshoe Pitchers Association is in Akron, Ohio. A horseshoe pitcher uses two horseshoes, each weighing 2½ Ibs. He tosses them at an iron stake 40 ft. away, protruding 8 in. above a bed of potters clay. Then his opponent does likewise. The shoe that lands nearest the stake scores 1 point; a ringer 3 points; a double ringer 6 points. The first player to score 50 points wins the game. In championship matches, calipers and a straight edge are used to determine accurately which horseshoe is nearest the stake. But in casual bouts a player often shouts: "My horseshoe...
...University class C squash racquets team lost to the Union Boat Club Saturday by a 4 to 1 score...
...those men of real ability who were not able to derive any benefit from such an education and failed to distinguish themselves as students. The figures obtained by these two independent sources, however, show clearly that such men are rare exceptions, and that for the most part those who score by their academic pursuits at college will continue their success after graduation...
...University fencing team triumphed over the Boston University swordsmen by a score of 6 to 3 yesterday afternoon at Hemenway Gymnasium. The bouts in the foils alone were contested, the epee and sabre events having been ruled out of the contest by mutual agreement...