Word: shooed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that the fact that his class will be celebrating its 25th Reunion and that he is Vice-Chancellor of Johns Hopkins University, and former all-American quarterback, and an outstanding (summa and Phi Bete) undergraduate in Bio-Chemical Sciences, and it all adds up to a shoo...
After the varsity track team's decisive 70 1/3 to 38 2/3 win over Army, it appeared a shoo-in to retain its Heptagonal crown in today's meet at Cornell. Since then, unfortunately, a spectre has arisen: Cornell, discounted after its loss to Army, has finally displayed the power which figures to make it the Crimson's keenest competitor for Heptagonal honors...
...unveil Phil Williams, who appears in the best condition of his indoor career. With Princeton's Bob Zwirner probably sidelined and Pete Reider doubling the varsity could rack in what had appeared a "bust" event. If Zwirner does not compete, the two-mile will be gravy, with Reided a shoo-in, and Dave Norris and Bill Thompson fighting Eli Jack Bogen for the points...
...Columnist Marquis Childs. "is one of supreme conviction of victory, with overtones of the smugness against which President Eisenhower himself warned." Citing the poor TV ratings of both political conventions, the Providence Bulletin thought that apathy was a problem confronting the Democrats as well. "The election will be no shoo-in for the Republicans," editorialized New York's Daily News, advising against a "refined, polite, high-level campaign . . . Nice-Nellyism seldom wins elections in this country." Slapping Adlai Stevenson for his "prissy little jab at President Eisenhower's favorite game, golf," the News totted...
...group gave little evidence of apprehension or even of quickened interest in politics. In Boston and Seattle, Republican committeemen reported that substantially fewer businessmen had volunteered for electioneering duty than in 1952. The same was true in Pittsburgh, where one industrialist explained: "Everyone figures Ike is a shoo-in. The same old warhorses are still the active ones in both parties...