Word: pivotal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...scored 8 points (2 tap-ins, 4 foul shots), finished with 34 points in his team's 94-55 victory. Two nights later against Pittsburgh, Big Luke was the key of Ohio State's tight man-to-man defense. On offense, he roved the pivot, scoring 24 points (with a fantastic shooting average of 73% from the floor), directing teammates in his deep, sober voice ("Come on in, John, come in"). Final score: Ohio State 94, Pitt...
...younger Danner is unable to go, Gary Borchard will play forward, with the elder Danner moving to center. Borchard is a big (6 ft., 4 in.), strong operative who is particularly effective around the pivot...
...alternated Larry Ekpebu and John Hedreen at center forward and gave wings Sweeney and Dick McIntosh trials at inside. With Ekpebu at center, the team used a charging offense--Ekpebu hung back on defense and tried to run passes right down the middle. Hedreen served more as a pivot man, feeding the rest of the line...
...secret talks will pivot around more limited objectives--a stopgap agreement in the explosive Berlin crisis and an agreement for a parley at the summit...
...style houses and neoclassic copies, Wright lopped off gables and pillars with a stroke of his pencil, created his own prairie houses. He flattened the roof to parallel the earth line, projected eaves to enforce the sense of shelter. Taking the fireplace and low. massive chimney as a central pivot. Wright began to project exuberant wings, bring balconies into living rooms, replace the dark corners with glass...