Word: terrierism
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...Terrier Weightman...
Frank Stanton arrived in New York in 1935 with his wife, a wire-haired fox terrier, a second-hand Ford, a list of modestly priced Manhattan hotels-and an empty wallet. It was the most significant trip he had made outside his native Midwest since his teens, when he had attended a Y.M.C.A. conference in Finland as the official representative of the "Hi-Y" boys of Ohio. Many of his fellow executives think he has retained, to this day, an air of Y.M.C.A. earnestness and unblinking sincerity. One of them describes him as "just a country boy with a Madison...
...revive the discussion is Russell Lynes, an editor of Harper's who set himself up in a magazine article last year as an arbiter of high, low and middle brows. In Snobs, Arbiter Lynes patters along in Thackeray's large footsteps, rather like a shrill but amiable terrier at the end of a 100-year leash. His bark is sure to get plenty of attention, and his bite, though not very sharp, may even penetrate a few skins...
...contact work on the Stadium turf, which is very different from the practice field, and the first time the players had scrimmaged against people other than themselves. When they found they could rise up and stop the B.U. backs, the Crimson defenders turned in an encouraging performance against the Terrier ground attack, with Heidtmann, Rosenau, and O'Neil standing...
...locals' pass defense was very good at times, but also exhibited glaring weaknesses at other times when the secondary was feinted out of position, leaving a receiver in the clear. Four Terrier passes were intercepted by Burke, Tommy Ossman, Wylie, and Isenberg while Lowenstein had only one of his 12 serials grabbed by the opposition. The Terriers recovered only two of their fumbles, which numbered in the vicinity of eight...