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Word: optional (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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This year Mason and Josephson are back, close to their old selves. The big surprise, however, has been Rookie Runner Larry Smith; at 6 ft. 3 in. and 220 Ibs., he averages four yards a carry, is an excellent receiver and blocker, and can throw the half-back-option pass. Says Gabriel simply, "We just never had this depth before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: The Rise of Roman's Empire | 11/7/1969 | See Source »

...know has anxieties. Some of them are severe; some of them are not severe. Often they are severe at different stages of the life cycle and for different reasons. To pick on homosexuals in this particular way, as on Communists or Moslems in another, is to shortchange their option for their own personal destiny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: A Discussion: Are Homosexuals Sick? | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

...want a contract. If I do a job on this, the contract will take care of itself. If you don't like the way I'm doing it, you can say 'Get lost, Jim' without any obligations." Aubrey will get $208,000 yearly, plus an option to buy 17,500 shares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: Return of Smiling Jim | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

...passes on first down, rarely on second, and is reluctant to use the bomb. Hornblower and Harrison almost always carry around end on either one or both of the first two plays. On third down and short. Crim usually gets the call. If the yardage is long, the halfback option is used, or a turn-in pass to Pete Varney, or a draw with Crim...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Powers of the Press | 10/28/1969 | See Source »

Dartmouth stopped the sweep. It stopped the counter and returned the option pass for a touchdown. It bottled up Varney. It was not the first team to do it. It might not be the last...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Powers of the Press | 10/28/1969 | See Source »

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