Word: beefsteak
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Boston's 119-lb. Francis Darrah, a seasoned distance runner at 25, whose time of 2 hr., 8 min., 14.6 sec. was the fastest ever made on foot up the mountain. Six minutes later came Paul Donato, another Bostonian, who (like Darrah) had eaten a pound of rare beefsteak for breakfast. Loudest cheers went to 45-year-old Clyde Ormsby of Colorado Springs, oldest entrant in the race, who finished seventh. Called upon by broadcasters to say a few words over the radio, Mr. Ormsby was in a sorry predicament. The patrolman to whom he had entrusted his false...
Engagement Reported. Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (Yah-dvee-ga Yed-drze-yoef-ska-"Yah-Yah"), 25, Polish typist-tennist who eats beefsteak for breakfast, hits tennis balls as powerfully as a man; to Captain Laskswski Karinier; in Warsaw...
...hero. Evelyn Laye, his English wife, retains her dignity and quiet charm even through the clowning required of her, and does some expert singing to boot. Adele Dixon, conspicious for the daring of her gowns, manages to capture a respectable French accent, French raciness, and French contempt for British beefsteak...
...voted Socialist four short years ago are very much alive today and most of them have merged with the radicals of the Nazi Party who have always had such slogans as ''Labor Creates Capital." German wits long ago compared radical Nazis to beefsteak: "brown outside, red inside." In the hierarchy of the State one of the most potent radical Nazi leaders is Dr. Ley who keeps on repeating his famed postulate...
...only outcome capable of confounding the Forest Hills authorities more than an all-foreign final was to have Anita Lizana beat touted Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, a Warsaw typist whose powerful forehand had been strengthened by beefsteak breakfasts, for the championship. Miss Lizana had beaten Miss Jedrzejowska twice before this season in Europe, but Miss Lizana prefers ice cream and candy to meat. Consequently it came as a surprise to most spectators when she proceeded to give the sinewy Pole a third trouncing by pounding her slow backhand, catching her flat-footed with deft drop-shots, 6-4, 6-2. Then, after...