Word: win
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, in the loft, the Cohens auctioned off all their winnings except a Nash automobile, a $900 television set, a few pieces of jewelry and a $1,000 merchandise slip from Saks Fifth Avenue. They saw a $1,700 diamond wristwatch go for $550, a $1,000 tile bathroom for $430, a $900 home workshop for $410. When the auctioneer's gavel fell for the last time, the Cohens had taken in about $4,000 in cash from their $28,000 windfall. After lawyer bills, warehouse rentals, auctioneer's commission, taxes and Mrs. Cohen's five...
Really There. There were a few fine portraits. Lester Bentley's George Wyckoff Jr., a straightforward picture of a boy whittling, looked like a good bet to win the exhibition's popularity prize. Charles Hopkinson's carefully constructed Double Portrait of a mother and daughter showed the dean of U.S. portraitists at the top of his form. At 80, Hopkinson is more than ever concerned with creating an illusion M>f reality on canvas. "Things are really there," he explains, with a diffident wave of his hand, "so why shouldn't one try to capture...
Harvard couldn't stop Dartmouth, and couldn't start itself. Nobody can win a game if he can't score, and the Crimson couldn't--for the following reasons...
...Dunster single-wing couldn't find the right formula, and Eliot coasted to the win, the game ending with the ball deep in Funster territory. Jack Simpson, Dunster linesman, playing an excellent defensive game, was hurt in the off-tackle slant that was the next-to-last play of the contest. Simpson's injury was not serious, but he will spend the night in Stillman Infirmary...
Leverett entered the win column by means of a lone first period touchdown against the Bellboys. The counter came after a sustained drive, starting and concluding with successful pass plays. The scoring throw went from Dick Reynolds to Ken Herlihy...