Word: sizzlers
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...took a perfect play at 2:09 of the second period to break the stalemate of defenses and goalies. Ben Smith passed from the left corner to the point. Tom Micheletti returned the bullet pass, then Smith centered just as fast to Waldinger, who backhanded a sizzler from ten feet into the lower right corner of the cage...
...Sizzler. Into this delicate situation Charlie Wilson thrust his heavy thumb, outraging Senators of both parties by impugning the motives and dignity of the august U.S. Senate. Democrat after Democrat arose to denounce Wilson; several of them demanded his immediate resignation. Republicans for the most part sat in embarrassed silence...
...feathering McCulloch. But cooler heads prevailed; they argued that after all McCulloch had just presented the Merchants with three runs. The fans returned to the stands and McCulloch went back to the mound. Respectfully, the Merchants stood far back from the plate. But Frank's sizzler began to work. He went on to strike out 19 batters and even walloped a seventh-inning homer, but the damage was done-Verdi lost...
...Australia's John Landy, who ran the mile in a sensational 4:02.1 a fortnight ago (TIME, Dec. 29) and turned in another sizzler last week (4:02.8) on a windy, concrete-hard track. After the race, he confidently announced: "I intend to run a four-minute mile or better this season and then retire from competition...
...Phillips Oppenheim, 79, who has written 150-odd thrillers about international espionage, murder, grand dukes and grand larceny, returned to his prewar Guernsey (Channel Islands) home. On the Oppenheim stove: a sizzler with World War II trimmings...