Word: shake
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THEY HAVE built a stone wall around the ivory tower. The wall is thick. In the past, occasionally a stone would crash and crumble on the outer gates; inside, we would hear only a muffled thud. At times, a big rock was hurled, big enough to shake the walls, not big enough to topple them. We remember those times as Crises, and after they passed and the rocks lay in sandy ruin on the ground, we reinforced the walls...
Thomas Dewey had mellowed in his later years. Teased about the fact that his dark hair was finally beginning to thin, he could pat a balding correspondent on the head and reply: "Who are you to talk, you old bastard?" Yet he could never completely shake his waxen image as "the bridegroom on the wedding cake." He was still widely remembered that way when he died last week of a heart attack after playing 18 holes of golf in the 90° heat of Bal Harbour, Fla., his favorite winter refuge. In another week he would have been...
...will, especially if they meet the Knicks in the finals. Although the New Yorkers have less rebounding and scoring strength, they have a deeper and more versatile bench-and, like the old Boston Celtics, a relentless, almost mystical way of winning the big ones. If the Bucks can finally shake the Knick bugaboo, Coach Costello will have enough reporters and TV cameras around to fill any locker room...
...particular the discussion at the meeting focused on the off-voiced complaint that the faculty is biased against radical economics. Henry Rosovsky, chairman of the department, denied that political beliefs influence faculty decisions. "It is simply not true that radical economics does not get a fair shake here," Rosovsky said...
...rapid-fire jabs and lightning combinations kept the ever-charging Frazier at bay. Then, in an attempt to kill time and possibly psych his opponent, Ali began leaning against the ropes and beckoning Frazier to have a go at his body. When Frazier did land a punch, AH would shake his head to show that it had not hurt. Once, after absorbing a Frazier flurry, Ali crowed, "Nooo contest...