Word: interceptions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...second quarter, but this was matched four minutes later when George Deemys tallied for Tufts. The varsity kept the ball beyond midfield in the first two quarters but this advantage was equalized by the daring play of Tufts goalie winton Briggs, who roamed far from the nets to intercept Crimson passes...
Even bigger electronic brains are being readied for the Air Force's supersecret "Project Lincoln." These computers will one day direct the defense of North America by calculating the course, speed and altitude of approaching enemy planes, then firing guided missiles to intercept them. A 701 has gone to work for the Weather Bureau, and will attempt to make weather forecasting an exact science. Weathermen will feed into it hundreds of reports on rainfall, temperature, humidity, expect that the brain will be able to predict accurate weather for any place in the U.S. 48 hours in advance...
Cleary opened the scoring at 5:25 of the first period by deflecting Manchester's blue-line shot into the lower left corner. In the second period, prolonged clearing troubles allowed Yale to intercept a pass, and Pete Crisp tied the score with a hard shot into the extreme upper left...
...yards. The varsity, mean-while, surprised the large crowd of 32,000 by trying 22 passes; it completed seven for a total of 106-yards--36 of this total coming on a long pitch from Phil Haughey to Bob Cochran, Dartmouth was able, however, to take advantage of three interceptions, while the Crimson falled to intercept any of Beagle's passes. Beagle called a surprisingly conservative game, rarely passing in his own territory. Despite the superiority of Harvard's line he used line plays rather than risk on interception...
...Congress passed the Federal Communications Act, Section 605 of which provided that "no person not being authorized by the sender shall intercept any communication and divulge or publish the existence, contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning ... to any person." Penalty: $10,000 fine or two years' imprisonment, or both. The history of the section indicates that Congress did not intend it to regulate wiretapping; the wording was lifted out of the Radio Act of 1927, where the apparent intent was to prevent pirating of messages by rival communications companies. But the Supreme Court applied Section 605 to wiretapping...