Word: took
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...admit-in fact I protest-the "rumpled pants"! I've seen him nearly every day for the past three weeks . . . and not once with "rumpled pants." However, I am told he might have had "rumpled pants" one day, for during a downpour he took off his topcoat to put it around a young woman who had none. Perhaps that was the day. And for that act of chivalry you have publicly proclaimed him a wearer of "rumpled pants"! Tough on Ted 'cause it isn't true. He's most particular about his clothes...
...other ranking left guard, Chub Peabody, is not fully recovered from the pounding he took from the Cadets last Saturday and may not be able to start tomorrow. In that event, handyman George Downing would be moved up to first team left guard. Wingman Joe Koufman has a good chance to play against the Wildcats, but tackle Mono Hallett is still on the shelf...
However, in adopting the Harvard plan, Yale has taken the bad with the good. True no immediate firing took place, but the system of promotions becomes inflexible. Predictable vacancies based on actuarial tables govern the number of advancements and the number of dismissals. Rarely, if ever, does the number of desirable men coincide with the number of predicted vacancies...
...then--September, 1939. War brought a new way of life. As the German advance careened through Poland, first silence, then tension and despair gripped the embassy at Washington. The name of Potocki took on a new meaning, not just spokesman for Poland, but the leader, the unifying strength of thousands of Poles in America who listened eagerly to his every message of hope. On September 19th, as Warsaw held out for the last straw of independence, Potocki was already looking to the future: "If the enemy shall succeed in Poland, the time will come, as it has so often...
...Merrimen took the ball into Bunny territory only once, but that was enough. Don Brew heaved a long pass to Dave Henderson to start the rally in the first quarter, and on the next play Bob Russell scampered around end for 17 yards, putting the ball on the three yard line. Russell then took the ball over on a line plunge, and Brew kicked the vital point...