Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said Vandenberg: the nation had to "counterbalance the potential enemy's masses of ground troops . . . No such balancing factor exists other than strategic bombing, including the atomic bomb...
...though all of Harvard had been transferred there for the summer term, and if you got lost in the incredible tangle of streets and canals in other parts of the city, it was a sure bot you could spot a seersucker jacket and follow it back to familiar ground...
Unlike previous years, when the Crusaders were known as a heavy, bull-like team whose greatest ground-gaining potential was through the center of the line, this year's Holy Cross squad is notable for a good passing attack run off by an all-sophomore backfield, according to McCabe...
...other side of the scrimmage line, Dartmouth exhibited a steady though short-gaining ground offense, and a very successful passing attack. Whenever a crucial play came up, quarterback Clayton usually relied on the passing game. Three times he pulled the optional bootleg pass and run. When the halfbacks didn't come up, he ran; when they did, he passed to the unprotected receivers they had abandoned. The really tragic part of it all was that on each occasion either all the defending backs, or none of them, came up to deal with Mr. Clayton...
...Yardling defense, particularly, showed great improvement. The line played a noble game, so cramping the Exeter running game that the Red and Grey's only touchdown came on a series of short passes. Even these just squeezed out enough ground--there were two measurements for first downs in the touchdown drive...