Word: leggett
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ohio State, sparked by surehanded Quarterback Dave Leggett and All-America Halfback Howard ("Hopalong") Cassady, unlimbered its crunching ground offensive, mixed in a few artful passes, got three touchdowns. The Buckeyes held on to the ball incredibly well in the gooey going, not fumbling once, whereas the Trojans fumbled often, losing three of their bobbles to Ohio State. Final score: Ohio State 20, Southern...
...this brought them into a blind alley. Murder without a clue? Perhaps. Murder without a motive? Deputy Chief Inspector James Leggett's instincts refused the idea. Could the killer have been enraged, not at the girl, but at the American Physical Society? The inspector sought out the society's treasurer, Dr. George B. Pegram. The doctor instantly suggested an oddly named suspect: Bayard Pfundtner Peakes, a former member, who had written a crackpot paper entitled "So You Love Physics" in which he argued that there was no such thing as an electron. Peakes had been railing...
...turbine engine which the company unveiled a fortnight ago. Its new "T-45" weighs only 165 Ibs., displaces but two cubic feet, and runs on diesel oil. The Navy was looking for such an engine for power launches, pumps and other shipboard uses. Said Rear Admiral W. D. Leggett, Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Ships: "[It is] the simplest practical gas-turbine engine...