Word: sloppyness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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A speedy Exeter squad downed the freshman soccer team, 4 to 1, yesterday afternoon in New Hampshire. Playing on a sloppy field, the Crimson was unable to stop a strong Exeter offense that tallied three goals in the first half.
Next he turned to the neatly pressed officers corps uniform on the bed and began to polish the brass buttons. Things were going to be different this year, he had decided last summer. No more demerits for cutting drill or for sloppy shoes. The next time the commanding officer shook...
If only because its offensive is admittedly strong, chief concern among both Crimson rooters and Jordan will be the Harvard defense. Against B. U. in a scrimmage last week the varsity tacking was sloppy, while last year pass defense was a definite weakness. In preparation, the first team spent most...
Under General Manager John Revelstoke Rathom, a firm believer in the old newspaper saying, "Raise hell and sell papers," the papers were sensational, slapdash crusaders. Even before the U.S. got into World War I, Rathom was convinced that German diplomats were spies. He liked to brag that he planted secretaries...
Plugging for less stuffy language, Bernstein noted "microcosm, merchandising, macrocosm and meteorology all in one tasteless sentence," and suggested Times-men write with "prep school kids in mind constantly. You'll need them to pay your salary by and by." After discovering "Thanksgiving has come and gone and Christmas...