Word: vag
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Vag swivel-hipped his way between the two people sleeping on the study floor, straight-armed the book-case, and let the window shades up with a bang. "This is it," he said. One of the figures on the floor rolled over, mumbled something that Vag could have sworn sounded like Barzilauskus, and opened one eye. Waving at him gaily, Vag slammed the window shut, cutting off the stream of cold morning air, raising a minute cloud of coal dust, and waking the other figure in the process. The Vagabond bounded into the bathroom, applied shaving cream, and, with worn...
...wrong hovered over the stands. Of course, it was the War -- the feeling that this sort of weekend was out of joint with the times, and that it would be a long, long time before the Crimson and the Blue met again. In a way, it seemed then to Vag, that the game marked the end of an era -- a way of looking at life...
...during the War, when talk turned to things to look forward to after the gold buttons were handed out, THE GAME was often mentioned. In it lay the hint of finer things to come -- bigger parties, new dates, and maybe, better seats than he had gotten at New Haven. Vag dried his face and tried to think of all the strangers he had promised to meet at the first postwar Game. He winced when he remembered how his mask of indifference had dropped one day and how he had offered to bet anyone even money -- without asking any points -- that...
...across the hall was breaking up. There was a long cheer for both teams, a glass shattered and someone was knocking on his door. The tall guy from the south was there with one arm around a very good-looking blonde, and the other had a bottle in it. Vag agreed that it was a great game and that this year's line was the greatest collection of guys since the Blocks of Granite. As the people waltzed out of the room across the way Vag refused the bottle and began to be irritated by the noise. Down the hall...
Back in the room, Vag guessed that the only thing was dinner and a movie. On the way down he stopped in front of a fresh, young party, looked at his watch and kept going. In the dining hall he sat down and read the scores while the talk turned toward the elections...