Word: touche
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...combat the neurosis that is destroying the minds of normally red-blooded Harvard men, the University authorities have undertaken an extensive research into the psychology of gates. Gates, normal gates, are generally quite cooperative and sociable people, opening at the 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...
...first competition in four years for the Percy S. Straus House All-Around Championship Trophy reaches the half-year mark, Leverett leads the pack with 243 points accrued through a touch football title and second place finish in tackle football. Kirkland and Dunster follow in a close second place battle with 215 and 210 points respectively, according to figures compiled by Intramural Director Adolph W. Samborski...
Bunnies Cop Touch Football...
Leverett, garnering 12 points, eked out a close triumph over Dunster in touch football, as Winthrop and Dudley stood third and fourth, well behind the leaders...
...game from the 90s to the 70s and become golf pro at the Southern California Golf & Country Club. When he became a fulltime playing pro last year, his tee shots were usually long & straight, his irons still wobbly. But on the greens, he had a master's putting touch. "The only bad habit I've picked up in golf," says he, "is getting fat." He now weighs 195, about 40 pounds more than his tennis weight...