Word: grinding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...halfback outside an end for added power and trickery, but uses the traditional two-on-one line blocking of the single wing. Nelson perfected the system at Delaware during the past eight seasons, produced a brand of pounding possession football (his favorite slogan: "Beloved are the bastards that grind it out"), and Delaware has won 53, lost 20, tied...
...stage has been set for what could become one of the most important labor-management battles in recent years. Neither side will budge and, come a few months, the truckers of the nation will start to reap tremendous profits as the railroads grind to a stop. In the long run, however, the entire cost of the strike will be borne by the American tire cost of the strike will be borne by the American public--an all-too common occurrence these days...
...varsity continued to grind out unspectacular wins against Brown until 1913, when another touchdown jamboree produced a 37-0 Crimson triumph. Fullback Charlie Brickley led the scoring with a touchdown and a field goal. He was the top point-maker on an undefeated team that tallied 225 markers in nine encounters while allowing only...
...implication and in social description. As the movie proceeds one can see the effect which could have resulted from the blending of abject misery with bitter humor. There are flashes of what must have been really fine pathos on older, flickering, brownish black-and-white film. Blind street singers grind out a Weill-ish ballad, one playing a hand organ, the other tapping a drum with sticks taped to his elbows. A dying consumptive girl cries out in fear of the whiteness of the window in the early twilight. But, even though the color is muted in these scenes...
...powerful demon, whose lantern cast an evil spell. Though no one knows exactly who brought the legend of the evil White Man back to life, thousands of Congolese are today convinced that he is once again stalking the land to hypnotize blacks with his lantern and then grind them up into corned beef...