Word: windedly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fred Loomis, disillusioned Seattle investment counselor, whom Beck hired as an adviser for Teamster investment, explained that little by little he got the wind of Dave's shenanigans, advised him more than once that it was time to straighten out his affairs. At length he fired off a "Dear Dave" letter: "There has been talk of your receiving a kickback [from a building loan in Honolulu with Teamster funds], the plain implication being that this was in accordance with a pattern. I am sure that your fiduciary duty has never been sufficiently impressed upon your mind. Accept my resignation...
...average U.S. citizen afraid of banks? Why does he love big cars? Why, when he goes into an automobile showroom, does he get excited over the convertibles and wind up buying a sedan? Why do most housewives go into a hypnoidal trance in a supermarket...
Located in a river funnel, the courts collect all the energy of capricious Boston weather and translate it into wind. For the survival of tennis, some form of windbreak is obviously needed. The clearest solution--trees and bushes--would look most pleasant, but due to the cindery bog soil around the courts, topsoil would have to be brought in. This can be done, but requires work and money. It was tried, on a half-hearted scale, with the bushes around the varsity courts. They are dying as their roots are stretching out beyond their small ditchful of humus. A less...
...wandered over to the great plains across the river the other day and saw a few brave souls trying to use the courts. Most of them left fairly soon, but a few were playing sets. Unfortunately they nearly all lost--to the wind. As usual, despite the fact that there was not the slightest breeze in the Yard, the plains collected constant buoyant gusts. We should have brought our kite...
...After wind, the most important item is probably clay, so that following the building of any windbreaks, Harvard would do well to cover at least one bank of the discouraging tennis lands with a clay surface instead of the present hard top that kills sneakers, tennis balls, bounces, and enthusiasm...