Word: wing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Howard W. Smith, an oldfashioned, seldom-spoken Democrat whose district is rural except for about 2,000 Alexandria railroadmen who always vote against him anyway, if they have an alternative. "Judge" Smith's country-lawyer shrewdness was underrated only by New Dealers, who laughed at his wing collar, ribboned pince-nez and air of extreme, Coolidge-like caution...
...paused midway on the journey from Rome to Berlin. Hearty was the greeting from the Swiss, who made no secret of their fear for the next few months-with mud drying on the far bank of the Rhine, with sunlight swallowing the Alpine Valley fogs, with trim fighting planes, wing-marked with a white cross on a red field, regularly droning overhead, with the Federal Council of seven Swiss elder statesmen quietly upping the army from 150,000 to 500,000 in preparation for good weather. Hearty and well-publicized was Sumner Welles's luncheon with his old diplomatic...
They occupy an air-conditioned basement wing with soundproof ceilings, glass brick partitions, a dark room, library, reception room with a co-ed receptionist...
With Prennie Willetts who has recovered from a shoulder injury, at his old wing position, Hodder will once again play his smooth-scoring combination of center Dave Eaton, Stacy Hulse, and Willetts in the second line. Teaming together until they were riddled by injurious several weeks ago, they accounted for most of the Crimson scores, and they should be able to account for at least a few tallies tonight...
Hodder was undecided about his third combine, but it will probably consist of Cox at center, George Duane at right wing, and Bill Claflin or Bob Gorham at left wing, with Dick Noone, who was recently promoted from the Jayvees, as alternate...