Word: slithered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...aged but still active automobile, the Vagabond was called upon to navigate a narrow passage between a car parked on one side of the road and a large mudhole on the other. But a winter's inactivity must have impaired his driving eye, for with a lurch and a slither the front wheel buried itself in the mud, and when the Vagabond got out to see the damage only a few grimy spokes emerged from the depth. Always helpless where mechanical resourcefulness is needed, the Vagabond made a few futile attempts at digging with a jack handle and then...
...July 2 the baton of Conductor Serafin of the Opera, Buenos Aires, commenced to tap, to sweep in great circles, to dip, slither, crash. For two months not Ted Lewis' favorite wand exceeded it in frenzy. Then on Aug. 31 "A cabado !" (perfect, complete!), cried Serafin. "Delicioso," cooed the senoritas. "Bravo! Bien!" throated generous caballeros...
...three different moments, he applied his toe to the ball with great care and propelled three spinning field goals over Columbia's goal. Backs Koppisch and Pease of Columbia played smart, shifty football but the Syracuse line was too cool and collected for them. Only once did Koppisch slither by. Score: Syracuse 9, Columbia...
...West Point, Columbia piled into the Army most manfully. Cadets Wilson and Gilmore ripped through against her, but Koppisch, Pease and Empringham ripped right back. Had Pease not permitted the ball to slither from his grasp on his own 4-yard line, the score might not have been...