Word: striding
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Hornung played well in 1959 as the Packers rallied to finish with a respectable 7-5 record, but not until this year did he hit full stride. He kicks field goals. He catches passes. He sweeps the ends. He passes. He slashes up the middle. Paired with jolting Fullback Jim Taylor (6 ft., 210 lbs.), Hornung gives the Packers the most powerful running game in the league...
...survive by speed of foot and wit in a jungle of brute force. Although they may weigh 190 Ibs. or more, they are seldom risked in the crunch of line bucks against wrathful 260-lb. tackles. Instead, they whip downfield for passes, or take a pitchout in full stride to sweep around end. Given a yard or two of maneuvering room, they can break a game wide open by slithering, pirouetting, stutter-stepping and sprinting through a field of tacklers for the touchdowns that are the most exciting plays in football. Some top teams-notably the New York Giants...
...haunted by the conviction that he no longer believes in God. As a religious novelist, Italian Author Carlo Coccioli, 40, is not quite up to the writing company he wants to keep. But with persistence, he tags manfully after the bigger models and every so often matches their literary stride...
Nevertheless, after a season of such offensive feats as the incredible 386 yards churned out against Yale, Princeton has proved itself an "irresistible force," and most observers feel that the Tiger will take Dartmouth in stride...
...team nobody gave a chance to repeat as Ivy League soccer champion--Bruce Munro's scrappy Crimson eleven--can take a big stride in the direction of its third consecutive title with a victory over Princeton this morning, Kick-off time for the contest between the first-place Tigers (5-0) and the second-place varsity (3-1) is 10:30 a.m. on Princeton's Paradee Field...