Word: stubborn
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...next two touchdowns were made on long runs, one by Perkins after he had picked up a blocked punt. Then the second, by recovering two fumbled punts, forced the first team almost to its own goal-line, where the first team took the ball on downs after a stubborn defence. The substitutes were sent in at this point and they were able to score but once. This last touchdown was made on straight football, the second team making a strong stand, for two plays, on its 5-yard line...
...first team received the kick-off and, after recovering an onside kick, rushed the ball over the second's goal line, although the second team made a stubborn defence. Minot made the touchdown. The second team was given the ball on the first team's 25-yard line but, even though it was allowed several extra downs and was aided by two penalties, the ball could not be forced beyond the ten-yard line. In the next few minutes the first team scored two more touchdowns...
...meet President Pierce immediately after his inauguration. Mr. Buchanan was a quiet, democratic gentleman. During the Civil War, Mr. Wise knew Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln. He carried the last message from General Lee to the president of the Confederacy and came to know him well. He was stubborn and egotistical, though intrepid and courageous in every way. Andrew Johnson was one of the guests at Mr. Wise's wedding. He met President Grant in a train one evening and talked with him about the Civil War; he was a clever and brilliant talker...
...score. After several exchanges of kicks the 1909 team rushed the ball to the five-yard line where they were held for downs. After the Juniors had kicked out the Seniors reached the 1910 team's three-yard line, where they were again prevented from scoring by the Juniors' stubborn defense...
...quite as much a triumph for the coaching staff as for the players themselves. Every pound of available strength was put into the line-up as it became useful with the result that at the end the attack was just as fierce and the defence as stubborn as at the kick...