Word: passingly
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Offensively, Lowenstein's play-calling left much to be desired. Next to West, the Crimson's most effective weapon was the forward pass, and Lowenstein did not seem to exploit it so often as he might have. When he did pass, it was in fairly obvious pass situations--and the Columbia defense was ready...
Some of the mistakes are losers made can be attributed to inexperience. When a fullback dives over the middle of the line, it does little good for a defensive lineman to submarine and then not stand up. Also, the Crimson pass defense showed a tendency to float back with the deep receivers, usually leaving a man clear in the flat. And frequently Columbia receivers got beyond the Harvard defenders; fortunately, on these occasions, the passes were thrown elsewere...
Scoring in the first quarter started when quarter John Woll tapped in a rebound following a nice save by goalie Dick Craven. The neat pass work leading up to this goal stood out in a very erratic first half. Both teams had trouble settling down, and most of their passes had too such steam, giving the game a "hit and run" character...
Barrow's men spotted North Korean troops hiding in the heavily sandbagged buildings, waiting for the marines to pass them; had they done so the North Koreans might have caught several battalions between their fire and that of the defenders in the city's center. Barrow called for an air strike and an artillery barrage. For 18 hours U.S. planes rained rockets, explosive bombs and napalm fire bombs on the area in front of Barrow's outfit. First scores, then hundreds, then thousands of Red soldiers were seen running from their place of ambush. When the holocaust...
Even after graduation, Haldy keeps watching. If a student needs money to go on to advanced degrees, Haldy will lend him some ("And really, I've never lost a cent"). Later, as the years pass, he keeps writing to his old students, following their careers to universities and research laboratories across the U.S. "I keep in touch with them all," says Bachelor Haldy. "They are my family, and there are too many of them for me ever to be lonely...