Word: berths
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were Navy, Dawkins crashed home on two tries in Oxford's 36-0 victory. Hoisting a friendly pint of stout with his opponents after the game ("Something we unfortunately don't have in American football"), Dawkins had no illusions that he had yet nailed down a berth on the Oxford team that will play Cambridge. Said he modestly: "I am just getting past the stage where I'm getting used to the rules...
...movies. It's like Hollywood 15 years ago; every girl is a starlet. I didn't meet one who didn't claim to have been in Ben Hur." ¶Denmark-"The emphasis is on vaudeville acts. One of the best had a man in an upper berth peering at a girl in a lower as she got ready for bed. They have lots of creative imagination over there. Danish girls are a cross between the English and French, but they're prettier than either." ¶England-"The girls just aren't very sexy. The shows...
...outstanding features of today's game was the play of sophomore fielder Tadgh Sweeney. On the second midfield until last Saturday, Sweeney's speed and blocking have earned him a permanent berth on the first unit...
...N.H.L.'s tensest finale in years, the Leafs were trailing Detroit 2-0 when they heard over the public-address system that the Rangers had lost their final game in New York; they roared back to take the game, and with it the Rangers' play-off berth. In their cup semifinal against Boston, the Leafs spotted the Bruins a two-game lead, came back to win four games to three. Boston's Manager Lynn Patrick was more impressed by Coach Imlach than by the Leafs: "He has a gift for making 98-lb. weaklings think they...
Wood and Lemann defeated Gallwey and Vinton for the second doubles berth and will play behind Weld-Bowditch, unless the varsity sweeps the singles and Barnaby decides to rest his top doubles pairs...