Word: sticked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...until he gets a green light from an editor. If the article is turned down, expense money may be all the free-lancer gets unless the magazine decides, or has agreed in advance, to pay him a "minimum guarantee." Success comes hard, but it comes steadily to those who stick...
...excellent goal-tending and improved coordination alone gave the squad an almost professional appearance. Stick-handling was little better than average, however, for the Crimson...
...living. But most curious of all, the word socialism is not even men tioned in the entire manifesto. The authors had in mind men like a London bus driver who explained last week: "I vote Labor because it speaks for the little man. But I can't stick nationalization and I don't like the ring to the word socialism. I won't vote for the Tories because they've never done a bloody thing for me. But I'll feel better about Labor if they drop socialism...
...flip of the coin would have been as good as anybody's guess as to the game's outcome, for at the half the Green was leading 6-5. Near the end of the third quarter, however, John Ogden, star Crimson goalie, was struck by a loose Dartmouth lacrosse stick and had to leave the game...
...Crimson started off fast and took a 4-2 lead after the first period. In the second period, however, the varsity's play became sloppy. Poor stick-handling and passing combined with an inability to pick up loose balls enabled Middlebury to score six goals and grab a commanding 8-4 lead...