Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...series of radio programs, designed to acquaint Boston listeners with civic and national problems, is now taking shape under the guidance of several University students and Faculty members...
...notions about his daily regimen come from a talk he once had with Ty Cobb, after DiMaggio's first year with the Yankees. Cobb told him that a good outfielder was crazy to spend 15 minutes a day shagging fly balls once he got in shape: "Don't spend your hitting energy chasing flies. Grab a few and then sit down in a cool, shady spot." DiMag has been conserving his energy ever since. He even seems to conserve it on the playing field...
Since they had to do without human skulls, the researchers, led by Edward R. Dye, started out with hens' eggs-which, Dye explained, are roughly equivalent, for experimental purposes. Both are about the same shape (ovoid), and both consist of a rigid, fragile shell containing gelatinous material. Eggs will break when dropped four inches on a hard surface, skulls about four feet. But skulls and eggs crack about the same...
Having suffered nothing more serious than a few bruises and slight sprains thus far this season, the Light Blue is expected to be in top physical shape for the Harvardmen in the first game of the series since 1901. Little will have the "Goal Dust Twins," Gene Rossides and Lou Kusserow, starting at the quarterback and fullback positions with Billy Olson and Jack Nork getting the nod at the halves...
...faith of the many, and exciting enough to hold the undistracted attention of all but a handful, down to that last great afternoon against Yale. Today, the team from Morningside Heights will make the crowds forget about the November game of games for a while. Columbia is in excellent shape. The days of Swiacki may be over, but the days of Eisenhower have barely begun, and with a crushing victory over Rutgers already achieved this year, the Lions will enter the coliscum searching for more martyrs...