Word: verbalizations
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...early in this canto to prolong the stalemate. Moley touched the pot in an attempt to bat away a low shot by a sailor. The entire Navy bench screamed a protest and precipitated a royal argument involving everyone from Floyd Stahl to an assistant manager. Nothing came of this verbal engagement and the Receiving Station was awarded the ball for a take-out. Harvard took the ball away, and Moley dropped in a set shot on a pivot pass from oDn Geeson to give the Crimson a 41 to 39 edge. A foul and a field goal by McGinnis...
Scuttlebutt is a form of verbal holiday with which many military establishments are afflicted. It is in all cases transmitted by the "O" (for oral) method, and is usually bruited about with a most exhilirating abandon...
...Birmingham has been guiding the Father Hudson Homes for Children, one of Britain's largest orphanages. Birmingham folk also know the wiry, redheaded clergyman for his street preaching. For years he went every Saturday night to the "Bull Ring" (Birmingham's Hyde Park), where he sturdily traded verbal punches with hecklers...
...principals in No Time for Love paste each other pleasantly with verbal custard pies. But the freewheeling foolishness leaves little time or energy for acting...
...schools. . . . Some [teachers] have tested out techniques worthy of mention. ... Johnny didn't smell like a rose. Even a bad head cold wouldn't have availed you. He really didn't smell bad on purpose. He was a dull normal, his mother probably a moron. When verbal warnings failed to beget the desired attar of roses, teacher moved him four seats from the nearest pupil and by gesture and innuendo, if not by edict, conveyed to the class the idea that Johnny was ostracized. This technique worked beautifully. Johnny too got the idea. They were against...