Word: stealingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...like, who met them in a costume that shouted the autumn spectrum: green sport coat, yellow vest, polka-dot tie, tan Stetson. Photogenic as he was himself, the President came equipped with an even more picturable subject: his three frisky grandchildren, bundled joyfully in snowsuits and mittens, prepared to steal the scene as effectively as he hoped they would. With Ike and their father, Major John Eisenhower, the children played in front of the canary-yellow barn, watched by a full platoon of sharp-eyed cameramen and reporters. Lounging patiently at the barn door was Tony, a black-and-white...
...visitors began the final 20 minutes by increasing their margin to 12 points but Hasting's three lay-ups (one on a steal) and foul brought the home team to within four. An Amherst foul shot broke the string, and then Hastings' eight and ninth straight points, two free throws by Dick Hurley and lay-ups by Bob Bowman and Canty gave the varsity the edge...
Sneaking Through. The bull rings gave Willie a concentrated course in his new craft. "On small tracks," says Willie, "you learn a lot about manipulating. If you can't sneak through on the rail you're not going to win. You learn to save ground, to steal it; if an opening pops up on the rail, you learn to drop in there quick. A lot of tired old horses run on the bull rings, but you learn you can win on 'em if you can get 'em to duck in or out at the right moment...
...Steal. In Valcourt, Que., after he bought a 40-ft. bridge from the Canadian Pacific Railway for scrap steel and arrived with a crew to dismantle it, Marcel Guilbert was told by neighboring farmers that a group of men had carted it off piece by piece three years...
...matter what the subject, Old Iron-bottom was not as nimble as he used to be. In the past, he could always cover up his defeats in his false-premise logic and steal the headlines by explosive charges of warmongering. Last week he seemed sadly hampered by the new rules imposed by the Spirit of Geneva. The relaxation it had produced in Europe was serving the Kremlin well, and Molotov was apparently under strict orders not to spoil this pleasant atmosphere...