Word: tempest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...then, the classic tempest in a teapot. It might happen again; Brandeis and Northeastern have severed athletic relations because someone was blocked too hard on a kickoff. All we can hope for is that today's encounter will be played in the cleanest fashion and under the rules of sportmanship that all gentlemen recognize. If they beat us too badly though, we can always drop them and play Marlboro instead
...special kind of party. The management called it "The Confidential Ball-dressed for exposure," sent out invitations to some 300 of Tony's friends, most of whom accepted. They arrived dressed according to instructions-in pajamas, bathing suits or just their underwear. Among the guests: Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 25, the sister of Lord Londonderry, Sir Hugo Sebright, 26, Daphne Pattine, a cousin of the Duke of Norfolk, one Count Gerhard von Goerl, and a sprinkling of models and party girls...
...Mayflower had arrived as tempest-tossed as its namesake. Under the hand of oldtime Australian Skipper Alan Villiers, the 32-man crew had bounced along, wave-lashed in a peanut shell for 53 days (v. 66 days for the original...
...Teapot Tempest. There were, in the South and elsewhere, editors who resisted the call to arms, pointing out instead that Ike's and Monty's hindsights on Gettys burg only reflect a verdict long accepted by the U.S. Army and most historians: it was Lee's worst-fought battle. Columnist Pie Dufour observed in the New Orleans States: "These armchair generals are on solid ground, believe it or not." And the Raleigh, N.C. News and Observer argued that Lee's own view of his performance at Gettysburg was at variance with the "Southern Oratory" used...
...Florentine tempest began blowing up when Italian newspapers, with the sinking of the Andrea Doria fresh in mind, pointed out in alarm that Florence's treasures would be shipped to the U.S. aboard a U.S. Navy transport. Additional qualms were quickly forthcoming. Asked Corriere delta Sera: "Who knows what effect the humidity may have on these paintings, and the packing, the unpacking, the vibrations on shipboard, the handling in America-all grave dangers...