Word: trompe
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...junior varsity began its season propitiously, with two decisive victories. Halaby tallied twice to lead the team to a 34-6 win over Newport Naval Station on Oct. 2. Then the jayvees scored four quick touchdowns in the first half to tromp Tufts...
...Eliot Morison writes: "The Atlantic, which since the dawn of history has been taking the lives of brave and adventurous men, must have received more human bodies into its ocean graveyard during the years 1939-45 than in all other naval wars since the fleets of Blake and Van Tromp grappled in the Narrow Seas." And Rear Admiral Morison, U.S.N.R., adds: "Sailormen all, and passengers too, we salute...
...lots of laughs, a bachelor's degree, and an intelligent, strong, pliable husband. Secondly, you have to know how to get what you're after (if anything)--which is the most difficult part. Every victory turns to defeat, and the spoils of victory vanish without a trace. They'll tromp on you, boy, they'll pluck your heart out and crack it like an egg. But they mean well, and the fault is yours--you asked for a date
...cowboy never knew when the herd would tromp him down...
...flat caps with red pom-poms and Dutchmen in their black streamered hats all but drank the local pubs dry. Field Marshal Montgomery, chief of Western Union's joint command, held a reception on board H.M.S. Implacable. The Netherlands' Prince Bernhard gave a cocktail party aboard the Tromp, which was named after one of the few admirals of any nation who soundly beat the British on the seas...