Word: stars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fortnight, diplomats had pulled the fuse out of the Cyprus time bomb. They were rightfully hailed for their good will and their statesmanship. But it finally took old-fashioned steamroller tactics to turn the trick. The steamroller ran right across both the British and bearded Archbishop Makarios, the temperamental star of the Cyprus drama...
...Litzenberger was an in and outer who had only occasionally shown the brilliance that made him rookie of the year in 1954. The small (160 Ibs.), scrappy Lindsay was considered past his peak, came to Chicago last year after 13 brilliant years as a star with the Detroit Red Wings. Sloan, most recently a bench warmer for the Toronto Maple Leafs, was bought last summer chiefly for utility purposes...
Mlkvy's 17 points gave the hosts a 34-24 halftime lead that it never relinquished. The Penn star hobbled through the first half and part of the second on a painful bandaged right leg before retiring for the evening, but the damage had been done. With 24 points and 23 rebounds, he had proved himself a oneman demolition gang...
...should be as fully flavoured as a nut or apple." If even Synge's own words are inadequate to describe the beauty of the County Mayo lyricism which he transcribed and transmuted, there is small possibility of my doing any better. Beauty is beauty. "Go and catch a falling star...
...case in nearly every swimming meet, the Crimson's opponents possess talent in some events--but, in the Bruin's case--only a little talent. Star sprinter Ed Nicholson, is the major threat on the Bruin squad...