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...about three-quarters of the country's people) is the ancient game of Hornuss (from the German for "hornet"). Hornuss is a rough, hard-hitting mixture of golf, baseball, cricket and guided-missile warfare. Peaceful farmers summon up martial blood when they get playing Hornuss; Swiss city folks sneer affectionately at the game as "stratosphere pingpong," but they turn out in droves to watch it played...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Stratosphere Pingpong | 8/25/1952 | See Source »

...epithet plucked from a newspaper caption over a picture of ill-dressed demonstrators: "The shirtless ones who roam our streets." The Peróns caught up the sneer as a weapon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Cinderella from the Pampas | 8/4/1952 | See Source »

...already won the decision, and is just waiting until it is made official. Fighting Bob became magnanimous Bob; he was quicker to smile, less inclined to the harsh word, and seemed to feel a little sorry for his Republican opponents. Now & then a slight sneer flitted across his face, but on the whole he was a much more appealing television personality than the Fighting Bob of the last six months, who often looked ready to eat the microphone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Trappings of Confidence | 6/30/1952 | See Source »

There are less tangible benefits as well: membership in the fellowship of educated men, possibility of membership in a Harvard Club, extra letters for those who feel their names are too short, and a part interest in the withering sneer which says, "Why should I argue that Harvard is better than your college, when deep down we both know...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Formulas | 6/19/1952 | See Source »

Successful crammers may sneer at this advice, but Christophe says the student forgets more than he learns after 2 a.m. Cigarettes and coffee are taboo, too, he claims, because they keep the person physically, but not mentally, awake...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exam-Crammers Are Losers, B.U. Health Director Advises | 6/3/1952 | See Source »

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