Word: put
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...29th N.Y. Congressional District "every four years crawl out of their Hudson Gothic woodwork to vote for William McKinley." The crawling-out-of-woodwork metaphor was an added touch by the New York Times writer; he had an unusually fine prose style, given to flourishes which, as he might put it, bode well for a career in journalism. I did remark, sadly, how certain voters up here seem to pledge fealty every four years to William McKinley, but just as I was about to make an issue of this, I was advised by a relative interested in genealogy that...
Both teams put their Ivy League hopes on the line in the game at Soldiers Field at 2 p.m. For the Indians a loss, their first of the League race, would prevent them from tying Yale for the loop lead and lesson hopes for the championship. The Crimson, which seems consigned to plodding along as well as possible, views every game from here on as "the most important of the season." A victory will keep the varsity in the running and prolong the suspense until next week; a loss would cut down on attendance for the rest of the season...
...effort to put some semblance of pep into the offensive line-up, Yovicsin will start Hobie Armstrong, sophomore speedster, at left half to team with Larry Repsher. After a good day in the Holy Cross opener, Repsher has been conspicuously absent from full-time duty...
Dartmouth caused concern for Crimson fans only once. At the end of the first quarter the Indians, on their own 35, clicked with a 25 yard pass to put the ball on the Crimson 40. Moving slowly but steadily, Dartmouth then pushed on up to Harvard's nine yard line. But that was all, as the Crimson took over on downs...
...weeping mothers or any of the other things the vice-President mentioned. I only said that we are going to have a Depression, crying, hungry children, weeping mothers, and misery if this country does not get some new, youthful. Democratic leadership. This country is behind. I want to put it ahead. I have, to use Franklin Roosevelt's phrase, "a rendezvous with destiny." That is the issue in this campaign. Let me add that in the great world conflict with Russia we are losing politically, we are losing militarily, and we are losing economically. Our position stinks...