Word: si
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...earned the undying scorn of the Boston sportswriters (and perhaps also some gratitude for providing copy) by leaving two of their darlings, Chet Boulris and Bill Gundy, off the first team. SI, on the other hand, took the easy way out of the halfback problem and named a twelve-man team, with Boulris, Crouthamel, and Fred Doelling at halfback, saying that the three were "inseparable." Boulris, Crouthemal, and Doelling might deny this with some heat...
...waited impatiently while the banderillas were planted. Then, with a series of spectacular redondos, slow, cape-twirling passes that prolonged the moment of peril, he prepared his bull for the kill. From the high-banked tiers of the arena at Málaga, Spaniards cracked out their drumfire oles. "Si!" his fans shouted at Luis Miguel Dominguin, "tú, el primero [yes, you're the best...
...displaying his own classic style with sword and cape. Young Antonio Ordonez, 27, moved his bull closer and closer with dangerous, kneeling rodillazos. Finally the animal was slowed to a befuddled walk, drawn to the muleta as though hypnotized. Up in the stands, Ordoñez' aficionados shouted: "Si, tú el primero...
...accomplishment of the feat. But this should not upset us too much. Remember that Gerald Heard, in his brilliant book Is Another World Watching?, proved conclusively that flying saucers are manned by insects. Remember too that scientists have again and again proven that the bumblebee cannot fly; "eppur' si muove" ("and still it moves"), as Galileo reputedly said in another connection...
Essential to French success in Algeria is destroying the F.L.N.'s prestige. The recent rebel decision to "increase mobility" by cutting down the size of its units was widely interpreted in Algeria as a sign that the F.L.N. was in trouble. F.L.N. Colonel Si Nasser retorted that "however determined [French] operational forces may be, they must first make contact with us and force us to fight." The French point happily to the defensive tone of "force us to fight." In an effort to isolate the rebels, the French have increased their artillery firepower along the Tunisian border...