Word: sharp
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dollars and cents, was the Commander in Chief's concern during the 2½-hour meeting with the military leaders. (Even as he prepared to confer with the President, Army Chief of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, in a speech read for him in Manhattan, opposed as "folly" sharp cutbacks in conventional forces.) Unlike last year, the military men were not asked to sign a public statement supporting the 1961 defense budget...
...Game' (See Cover) The quarterback snaps "Let's go," the eleven burly men clap their hands in a single, sharp crack, and the offensive huddle dissolves. Then, taking his place behind the looming rump of his center, the quarterback looks with narrowed eyes across the line of scrimmage at the most formidable sight in professional football...
Patterns & Plots. The mind behind the Giants' muscle is Defensive Coach Tom Landry, 35, a sharp-featured, whisper-voiced Texas back who learned his trade in the Giants' defensive backfield (1950-55) under Coach Steve Owen. Using the pro's basic 4-3-4 "umbrella" formation, Landry has plotted a score of basic defense plays, each capable of several variations tailored to the particular enemy's offense. The defense plan is called in a defensive huddle before each play, can be changed on a shouted code word if the offense lines up in an unexpected pattern...
...take manpower cuts under the new budget. He added that the Navy's second nuclear-powered aircraft carrier failed to get approval. Some parts of the military budget were pushed up, some down, McElroy said. Again without spelling out details, he told newsmen that "we're putting very sharp questions" against some research programs...
...laws, kindly bartenders, expense-account romances, television blurbs, know-it-all brats and the sort of progressive school that gives "two weeks off for Halloween." The dialogue is often gamy and the situations farce-fetched, but Director David Miller and his stars have made the most of some sharp wit-snapping...