Word: monstering
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...groups of the poor sought in city after city to elbow aside mayors and established agencies and take over the programs, Johnson came to fear that he had created a political monster. At one point, Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley became "mightily upset" because the federal poverty project was becoming a "champion grabber and distributor of antipoverty funds." Daley relished that role for himself, and he let Washington know that he did not like the competition. According to Moynihan, Johnson told OEO "to keep community action programs as quiet as possible...
...cold and blustery around Scotland's Loch Ness, so the story could hardly have been concocted to draw tourists. Even more remarkable, it was written by capable scientists and published in the respectable British journal, New Scientist. Thus it was hard to scoff last week at the latest monster tale. This time, after centuries of myth, speculation and hoax, there was apparently scientific evidence that some kind of large creature-or creatures-may indeed roam the depths of Loch Ness...
...defensive alignment is similar to Harvard's. Yale usually has five linemen, two linebackers, and three defensive backs. The difference is their "monster man" who is a combination of lineman, end, and linebacker. Harvard coaches refer to this formation as an "Oklahoma with a monster...
...emphasis in this defense is on stopping the sweep to the wide side of the field. The monster man usually lines up outside the wingback and is responsible for stopping the wide run-Harvard's bread and butter play...
Yale alternates between a zone and man to man defense against the pass, dropping off one or both linebackers, both ends, and sometimes the monster man. Feula expects little blitzing even in obvious passing situations although the Elis have blitzed frequently during the season...