Word: netted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pieces require agile playing and close attention to detail (the Stravinsky also demands strong nerves). Mr. Corley's emphasis on discipline paid off, and the orchestra was thoroughly successful on its own! Despite attacks of imprecision, the strings and winds together were able to spin out Ravel's beautiful net of sound. In the Stravinsky, the orchestra avoided most of the hazards and played most of the notes where they lay. Stravinsky did the rest...
Harvard actually led at the end of the first half, 5-3, but it was only the fantastic net-minding of Ed McCrae which kept the Crimson in the game at all. McCrea could not single-handedly stop the Blue...
...turning point in the game came with only 16 seconds left in the second quarter. With Harvard ahead, 5-2, mid-fielder Bruce Regan grabbed a loose ball in front of the Crimson net. But before he could make his move, a Yale player hit his stick, knocking the ball past McCrae for the score...
Nixon's Net. Thus there was more charisma in his domestic politics than realism in his Realpolltik. Rockefeller was attempting to establish himself as the thoughtful surveyor of the big picture, eager for peace but opposing appeasement, less militant than Nixon, more mature than Robert Kennedy, more flexible and far-sighted than the Johnson Administration...
...hinge on state leaders rather than on statesmanship. Several nominally uncommitted G.O.P. Governors, such as Ohio's James Rhodes and Pennsylvania's Raymond Shafer, privately favor Rockefeller. He must prove to these and other favorite sons that he can keep enough delegates out of Nixon's net between now and August to merit their support. Rockefeller must also rekindle the ardor of other Governors who have been chilled by his recent to-ing and froing...