Word: sharpers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Although Charlie de Bretteville grew up surrounded by Spreckelses (his aunt married the late Adolph B. Spreckels, Claus's son), he picked up none of their playboy antics. A sharp dresser with an even sharper golf game (the low 70s), De Bretteville was a varsity swimmer and golfer at Stanford, spent a year at the Harvard Business
...Farben empire, a mainstay of the Nazi war machine. General Lucius Clay, then Military Governor of Germany, retorted that any further break-up of German enterprises "would be a political and not a security measure." His staff, which got much of the blame from the committee, was even sharper. Sneered his economic adviser Lawrence Wilkinson: the Ferguson report was "low comedy...
...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...
...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...
...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...