Word: winging
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Despite the graduation of forwards Johnny Crocker and Bob Feloney and the doubtful starting status of Shaw McKean because of injury, there is little chance of an upset tonight. George Minot is on hand to fill McKean's place at right wing, while the already capable defense squad is due for some additional support from Charlie Coulter...
Coach Wanamaker of the Blue skaters has an unusually strong squad. Every position is not only well filled, but well supplied with replacement material of the most reliable sort. The forward line, composed of Captain Bulkley at left wing, Reid at center, and Chisholm at right wing, is one of the most formidable combinations Yale has had in several seasons. Captain Bulkley is fast on his skates, dribbles well, and shoots with extreme accuracy...
...south portico itself was not added to the White House until 1824, the colonnaded north portico five years later. Other Presidents have made other alterations with & without outcry. Jefferson added wing terraces and long rows of one-story "offices," which also served as "meat house, wine cellar, coal and wood sheds and privies." Buchanan tacked on a glass conservatory, Coolidge raised the roof (unnoticeably from the outside) to find room for eight bedrooms...
...pros discounted in advance the howls of conservative Southerners. But the howling began immediately. In the Senate, up rose Mississippi's triple-chinned James O. Eastland and cried: "The Southern wing of the party will not follow Mr. Hague's direction and will not vote for any candidate ... we think is inimical to the welfare of our people...
...refutes our critics on the left, who maintained that only extremists are willing to work," Houghteling said, "and at the same time it makes ridiculous the claims to pre-eminence of our right-wing adversaries, who seem to believe that the number of innocents from whom a dollar membership dues can be extracted is the only important consideration...