Word: woodenly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Montgomery tries hard to give the impression that Saxon is this formidable character, but he is boxed in by a bunch of wooden actors and actresses, situations that are generally picayune, and dialogue that is crumby. So, in spite of Montgomery, Saxon fails to frighten anybody, and his machinations have the air of pattiness...
Thousands of embattled undergraduates halted the fracas to stand and watch as two youths raced into the wooden stands and snatched a blanket from over a couple who were engaged in "amorous activities." It was probably the best-witnessed indiscretion since the Harvard off-side penalty that called back Cannon's touchdown...
Soldiers Field was apparently unguarded throughout the night, but flood-lights were on at the wooden end of the stands, and there were lights under the concrete stands. All gates were securely locked...
...down on some miniature wooden stands and observe critically. The Varsity starts a play. "One, two, three, four, SHIFT, five, six, seven. . ." and the ball is centered. I don't see it again until everybody stops running. "How to go Hal!" mutters one of the sports writers. "Noonan missed his block," says another...
Specifically, we feel that seniors and-juniors should not be assigned to the wooden stands with the possible exception of section 38. Put the resulting overflow seniors at the top of the juniors first section, the overflow juniors at the top of the sophomores' first section, and so on down the field through section 37 . . . Graham Taylor '50 Robert Barrel '46 Deo Bogert '49 Peter Olney...