Word: set
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...drugs were anti-histaminics, developed in the last few years for relief of allergies (notably hay fever and asthma). Because they set off such side effects as drowsiness and dizziness in some patients, the Food & Drug Administration had kept them on the prescription list. Doctors, noting that many cold symptoms seem to be allergic in nature, have tried the anti-histaminics on cold sufferers, but the varied results left them far from enthusiastic...
Last week, with old grads running a temperature for the first time in eight years, Fordham set out for West Point. To avoid any misunderstanding, Coach Ed Danowski told his boys, "They're going to hit you harder than you have ever been hit before." The answer voiced by cocky, quick-witted Quarterback Dick Doheny: "We're as rough and tough as they...
...Army gave back as good as it got, with elbows and clenched fists. In a frantic effort to keep the game under control, officials expelled two players from the game (one from each team). Army was penalized 147 yards, including seven 15-yard penalties for major fouls; Fordham was set back 131 yards, 120 yards of it for similar fouls. Even the 278-yard penalty total didn't tell the whole story: over 100 yards of penalties were declined...
...hockey season came in like a lamb. For almost a month the National Hockey League played before unfilled houses as though every man's heart was set on winning the Lady Byng Trophy (hockey's award for gentlemanly conduct). Last week in Chicago Stadium, hot-tempered Defenseman Kenny Reardon of the Montreal Canadiens put an end to all that...
...years ago, after 29 years at the bank, Albert Johnstone retired and set out at last upon the career he had always dreamed...