Word: surprisee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Why was the "hardbitten, respected, slave-driving bastard," B.G. MacNabb, so excited over the recently successful test firing of "Big Annie"? His sophomoric screams of delight remind me of the reaction of an inadequate coach when his outclassed team scores a surprise touchdown.
Great as it was, Jon's feat did not come up to Ilsa's for impact on the swimming world. Barrel-chested Jon had been a reserve on the mighty Australian Olympic team, so his time was not altogether a surprise. But Ilsa had never raced the 880...
Unable to confirm anything, the A.P. allowed early Tuesday that there were still "no hints as to the mystery traveler's identity"-but volunteered no hints as to the identity of its mysterious news informants. Turning to such tried-and-true sources as Estes Kefauver and the Smithsonian Astrophysical...
Taking the keys from easygoing, Arkansas-born Ed Stone, Hanisch made his way inside to an even bigger surprise. Instead of the confined central shaft that he had seen in the early plans, he found himself looking out over a spacious patio or Roman atrium, a sort of immense Pompeian...
Both Anderson and his coach, Bill McCurdy, are confident that he will give a good account of himself, despite the high calibre of the competition and his own unfamiliarity with the 1000-yard distance. "It won't surprise if he goes out and wins that race," McCurdy said yesterday.