Word: slamming
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...National Democratic Headquarters on Washington's K Street, a delighted yelp went up when early returns from Connecticut's six congressional races were posted. Democrats had hoped to take four of the state's six seats; instead they scored a grand slam and hauled in all six. And as the evening wore on, similar gains across the U.S. gave Democrats the bright view of a strengthened hold on the House, which they dominated last session by a majority of 35 votes. Probable Democratic gain in this year's election: 35 to 40 votes...
Bridge lovers will appreciate your Goren article in the Sept. 29 issue. But you seem to credit the increased slam bonuses to Mr. Vanderbilt and some of his friends...
...Siamese minister, two officials of the Danish Foreign Office and I, the U.S. charge d'affaires. The game, with cutting in and out, was auction, but with one new major scoring wrinkle: if you chose to jeopardize what seemed like a sure game by bidding a small slam or a grand slam, the reward, as now, was 500 points for a small slam and 1,000 for grand slam...
...Where as in your case the big hand gets set by a freak distribution, in this case the big assortment not only does not get to play the hand, but the opposition (East and West) makes a grand slam against him -and it cannot be stopped or beaten...
When the steely yellow sun sets over the Yard on a late November afternoon, janitors set the radiators to their winter-long knocking and windows slam down tight till spring comes again. Inside their dusty rooms, freshmen dig into whatever they dig into, possibly books, and during the cold nights they dream of silken nymphs on friendly faraway isles...