Word: thrill
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Illinois' Stateville Penitentiary, Nathan Leopold, 49, partner in the notorious Loeb-Leopold "thrill murder" of Bobby Franks in 1924, got word that his brother Foreman, who died this month, had cut him out of his will. Foreman, who with his family changed his last name to Lebold, left a $400,000 estate to his widow...
Captain Dick Clasby said yesterday afternoon that he considers his nullified 103-yard kickoff return against Dartmouth as "the biggest thrill of my life." Commenting on the controversial clipping penalty which wiped out the score, the Crimson tailback added that the referees "can take away the yardage, but they can't take away the thrill...
David Lewin, in an all-Mozart piano recital Sunday afternoon, did for his composer all that may be expected of intelligent and careful musicianship, conscientious preparation, and a highly competent technique. This is very much indeed. In the D-minor Fantasia the audience could not fail to thrill to the sensitively tapered phrasing of the opening arpeggi, the furious and technically accurate rendition of the contrasting scale passages near the middle, and finally the delicate yet sparkling manner in which he tossed off the final Allegro...
...other 60-minute man, Captain Dick Clasby, was a real triple-threat for the Crimson. His performance included: a perfect punt that hit the side-line chalk on the Dartmouth 2, a touchdown pass, a key interception, and the afternoon's biggest thrill--a 103-yard kickoff return nullified by a clipping penalty...
...recalls as the greatest thrill in his academic experience the day that he slept through a biology test. The professor allowed him to take the same test the following evening in the professor's office surrounded by textbooks and with no one else in sight...