Word: yards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Suggested by the chairmen of last year's compaign, the dinner is designed to get the drive off to an enthusiastic start. Solicitation in the entries and in Yard will begin immediately after the dinner and extend through the week...
Trailing, 23 to 6, at halftime, the varsity caught fire in the second half and nearly pulled the game out. Two plays after the kickoff, fullback Sam Halaby turned in the longest run from scrimmage in the long history of Harvard Stadium--an 84-yard dash, aided by a picture block by Larry Repsher. Quarterback Charlie Ravenel guided another touchdown drive, and the Crimson was within one point, 23 to 22. But Harvard could not score again...
...After playing hopscotch, Elsa and I liked to pick Japanese beetles off the rosebuds in the yard. They crawled on our fingers like a symbol of our half-formed feelings...
Quoting as his authority "George (Specs) Torporcer, Baseball--From Back Yard to Big League, 1954, pages 55-57," Fuller repiled that there are "sound reasons (having nothing to do with deceiving the umpire)" for bringing a ball into the strike zone...
...mile rate was established in 1919, when freight trains averaged 12½ m.p.h., passenger trains 20 m.p.h. Today it means that a railroader can do his day's work in as little as two hours. ¶ Wipe out the distinction between the work performed by road crews and yard crews, thereby allowing full interchange of labor without duplicated effort. ¶ Eliminate firemen's jobs on diesels and other non-steam locomotives in freight service and switchyards to realize a saving of $200 million a year. ¶ Allow management only to stipulate the number of required crew members...