Word: adrenaline
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Pankey, aggressive like the flu virus, and Skinner, inexperienced but good when he is on, have been like adrenalin to the rangy quintet. Slow hoofed Gabler has set fire to fast-break plays by his quick deceptive passing...
...scoring hustlers Smith, McCormick, and Wegner will plunk from their usual positions of left forward, center, and right guard. Wegner has proved the smoothest and fastest man on the boards and though lack of height keeps his scoring from being consistent, his single-handed rushes under the basket are adrenalin to the Crimson's lumbering attack...
...doctors and the trainers thought Jim Kenary was ready for more than three minutes of action today, and any sustained play by Adrenalin Jim should mean a working air attack to set off the ground effort. For the first time since Virginia the first four tackles were declared ready for more than scattered work, and for the first time since Dartmouth the center squad has two men, experienced at the position, equipped for play. Tighter backing up and more effective line blocking should result...
...Russian delegate, angered by some remark of Britain's Hector McNeil, screamed: "You have hallucinations! You have nightmares!" Then he offered McNeil some medical advice: "Why don't you take some adrenalin or other medicine to calm your nerves...
...Adrenalin, a powerful stimulant, quiets no nerves. But perhaps, U.N. observers speculated, Vishinsky and friends have been reaching for the adrenalin instead of the bromide...