Word: occasional
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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In Dallas for the opening of the Texas state fair, Nixon again related the occasion to international affairs: "Driving out here, I thought of another fair that I saw only a few weeks ago in Russia . . ."
Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) services were an hour late getting started in Madrid, but nobody seemed to mind. One of the 200 Jews who crowded the third-floor hall off Madrid's Gran Via explained: "We've waited 467 years for this day. A few more minutes...
Part of the blame could be put on the horrendous playing conditions of the Los Angeles Coliseum, a converted football stadium that permitted the biggest crowds in World Series history (277,750 in three games) but nearly ruined both teams in the process. The cozy screen in leftfield (251 ft...
The varsity's defense was, as usual, impenetrable. Lanny Keyes played a nearly perfect game at left fullback, and halfback Charlie Steele bottled up the Columbia attack on the right. At the one point when a sensational stop was needed, goalie Tom Bagnoli came through. In the fourth quarter, Lion...
That day, a group of Henry's compeers gather triumphantly at the scene of his victory. It was a great occasion. One man had stood up alone before the forces of Authority, and had escaped not only unchastened, but with vast quantities of jelly at his complete disposal. They voted...