Word: shovelers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Colin McIntyre and John Carey were the men who accounted for the Crimson's six points. McIntyre took a shovel pass from Lew Travis after the latter had snared a loose ball on the Princeton five yard line, and bucked over with three Tigers hanging...
...Codgers and the Two Brewers. Exploded one news editor: "After all our outcry for more paper, what do we do with it? Throw it away on women's tripe, godawful strips and shoddy fiction!" Replied a feature editor: "Go bury your head! Variety, entertainment, interest . . . Let's shovel it in by the bucket...
...life. And on the public roads, the previous occupants of these high seats, now paying the price of cooperation with Hitler, were playing the same drama as if they were still in it. "Please, Herr Oberregierungsrat," requested the ex-judge, "will you have the kindness to hand me that shovel?" "With the greatest of pleasure, Your Excellency," replies the ex-ministerial councillor...
...part-time postmaster, gets only $252 a year from the department. "Mostly I work on the railroad. Four of us shovel her clear in winter, and clear out any drift that comes down in summer. I get plenty of time to go fishin'. We don't have any officials, you might say. Depending on who's around, the depot master is mayor...
...Face. Tossy's usual job is boring the coal to receive dynamite charges. Some days he works as a loader, heaving coal with a pan shovel (like an oversized soup spoon) onto a shaker conveyor. By working two overtime shifts, he grosses about $80 a week, but income tax, union dues and other check-offs leave him only $55 take-home...