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...think it not unreasonable to ask my wife to provide me with a hot meal," said McNeil, "but I have been known to urge my wife to leave the making of the Sunday lunch to me ... I make a very excellent Sunday lunch." U.S. Delegate Eleanor Roosevelt threw a sharper spear: "Who does the housework in the Soviet Union? Is it always done by the men, or are all the services performed through some communal arrangement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Ye Prisoners of the Kitchen | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

...past games. The midfield will be Ripper Lynch, Pete Brooke, and Al Sawyer. At attack will be Ned Yost, Bob Baldwin, and Pete Schaffer. The starting goalie spot will be a toss-up between Dune McCallum and Dick Thomas. McCallum has been the usual starter, but Thomas was slightly sharper in Wednesday's contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Lacrosse Club Battles Andover In Home Opener | 4/30/1949 | See Source »

...Yorkers' defense, which overshadowed Harvard's all night, forced the Crimson to score from the outside and its offense did not got moving until the second half. Then, passes became sharper and the Crimson to score from the outside and its offense did not get moving until the second half. Then, passes became sharper and the Crimson, which trailed 30-25 at the half, became more potent off the backboards...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Lions Nudge Out Quintet in Arena Heartbreaker, 57-53 | 2/16/1949 | See Source »

...version was sharper: "to create facts, to confront the world with these facts, and to build on their foundation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: With Psalms & Spades | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

That made 178-lb. Ezzard Charles, by default, the most probable candidate to fight Joe Louis. But after the fight, Ezz seemed hone too eager to claim his newly won privilege. "My goodness, not yet," he said. "I'd have to be a lot sharper if I fought the champ." Besides, who was he to give his hero the last shove? "He's still the greatest," said Ezz. "I want him to retire undefeated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Foe for Joe | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

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