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Word: overhead (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...opponents, and that numerous injuries have kept many of the best players on the side lines for varying periods, he realizes that the Crimson is confronted with a task of no mean proportions. And this is more particularly true in as much as the Harvard weakness overhead is the fort of the invaders. Always a clever group of players, this year's Holy Cross contingent is no exception, and an opportunity for the much needed practice in blocking passes will most certainly be provided for Coach Horween's charges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DANGEROUS HOLY CROSS ELEVEN TO INVADE STADIUM | 11/17/1928 | See Source »

After this touchdown Gilligan's passes began to function and were largely responsible for the next three scores. Quite as many of the overhead attempts were going awry as were finding their mark, though, and the coaches have a long way to go yet before they can boast of anything resembling an effective passing game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HORWEEN DRIVES SQUAD IN FINAL SCRIMMAGE | 11/15/1928 | See Source »

...third and fourth quarters many interesting things will happen. It is hardly fair to the poor H. A. A. to reveal anything more. We don't want to have any empty seats, what with all the overhead--and B---1 B---g---m still wearing his last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FORECAST PUNCTURES POLITICAL BUBBLE IN SENSATIONAL EXPOSE | 10/20/1928 | See Source »

...Berlin early risers crowded to the rooftops to cheer this "symbol of German invincibility." Work ceased for the morning. On one rooftop the widow of a former Zeppelin officer, who had kept watch since dawn, dropped dead as the glistening monster drifted overhead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Blue Gas & Hydrogen | 10/15/1928 | See Source »

...smaller West Indian islands. They performed emergency miracles. But everywhere they looked they saw twisted wreckage, bruised crops and foliage, substance for a long, necessarily patient renascence. And in the lush Everglades of Florida were corpses in piles, other corpses floating in ooze, while greedy buzzards spiralled overhead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: Aftermath | 10/1/1928 | See Source »

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