Word: swore
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hooray for Hummon. They were rewarded. In the early hours of the next morning the legislature "elected" Hummon governor (161 to 87), and swore him in. Then, while crowds of the faithful ran ahead to pound and bay at the door of the governor's office, Hummon set out to get his rights. But Governor Arnall, a pudgy, cocky little man, stood...
...slightest touch. But the Wigglesworth gate is a black sheep among gates, his unhappy life as an outcast obviously due to an abnormal mind. Further research has determined the cause of his twisted character to be a midnight accident with a heavy truck gone berserk. Misshapen and bitter Wigglesworth swore to close the Yard to all suspicious characters after dark. At last the mystery of Harvard's iron curtain has been revealed. Freshmen, over sympathetic to the woes of all men, will no longer be afraid of gates, and most important of all, perhaps the Wigglesworth gate will yield...
...year ago, clearing his decks for the big change from Terry to Steve Canyon, Caniff swore off smoking and drinking. Though he hates to exercise, he even went for walks on brooding Tor Ridge (the locale of Anderson's 1936 play High Tor), to keep his weight down. Says he: "All I could think of was 'God, I wish I were inside!'" So he reminded himself that the ridge was full of copperhead snakes anyway, and gave...
...child in Brooklyn, Joseph Bonavita dreaded Christmas. His father was dead; often he and his mother had nothing on their table but a candle and a plate of spaghetti. Joe swore he would conquer poverty. He became a professional boxer, and finally, fourteen years ago, bought a bar & grill on Brooklyn's bleak Third Avenue. This year black-haired, bash-nosed Joe Bonavita was 39, married, prosperous in a small way and eating well...
...deceptive defense had now become almost as important as a tricky offense. Said Notre Dame's Frank Leahy: "Defense has always bored me ... it's not stimulating. But I'm stressing it this season." In six games this year, Army's Coach Earl Blaik swore that his opponents had not used the same defense two plays in a row. The trick was to keep the offense off balance, mix up their blocking assignments. Michigan's defensive quarterback sometimes called for a four-man line with five backers-up. Some defense-happy coaches even thought that...