Word: towards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Walls, bridges, pavements throughout France last week were emblazoned with the challenging words out and non. With the voting on Premier Charles de Gaulle's proposed constitution just days away, the nation seemed to be drifting resignedly toward its rebirth as the Fifth Republic...
...fellow climbers were whisked away to a Left Bank nightclub. As the lights dimmed, out trotted a pride of chorus girls "absolutely nude except for a climber's rope that bound them together and which was tied in a series of knots not immediately familiar to me." Struggling toward an imaginary summit, the girls suddenly yipped a victory cry. One of them hoisted a small British flag as the band brayed God Save the Queen. "It was all delightful," mused Hunt, "but what has perplexed me to this day is-where did that flag come from...
...Toward the end of the 19th century, a newcomer of obscure and disputed origin appeared in England from beyond the Channel. Called Russian whist or biritch (soon anglicized into bridge), the new game differed from standard whist in two ways: the dealer named trumps, or passed the privilege across the table to his partner, and the dealer's partner became dummy, laying down his hand for all to see. London whist players who tried the new game soon noted that the exposed hand made possible much greater subtlety and ingenuity of play. In 1903 or thereabouts, bridge-playing British...
French Ceiling. At the height of auction's popularity in the midigsos, the keen card mind of famed Yachtsman Harold S. Vanderbilt focused on the game's essential defect in comparison with present-day bridge: overtricks in excess of the bid counted toward game, just like bid tricks, so that a partnership could make a game without bidding it. Card Buff Vanderbilt found in the French variety of auction called plafond (ceiling) an innovation that he liked: only tricks bid and made were scored toward game, over tricks counting as above-the-line bonuses...
...Boston's talented, temperamental Ted Williams turned furious at a called third strike in a game with Washington, hurled his bat toward the dugout, saw it sail into the seats and strike a spectator, who turned out to be Mrs. Gladys Heffernan, housekeeper for Red Sox General Manager Joe Cronin. Mrs. Heffernan was bruised over the left eye. Forgiving Williams, Cronin explained: "The guy feels bad enough...