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Word: afternoon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fourth quarter in last Saturday's football game, Cornell fullback Phil Taylor took a pass from quarterback Dave McKelvey, got past two Harvard defenders, and scored on a 76-yard touchdown play that put the Big Red ahead for the first time all afternoon, 18 to 16. It hardly mattered that McKelvey passed to John Sadusky in the end zone for two more points; the varsity had lost after building up a seemingly insurmountable lead. The defeat, shocking and demoralizing in its suddenness, had a profound effect on players, coaches, and spectators that did not disappear for a long time...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Anatomy of a Defeat | 10/17/1959 | See Source »

Boston College ruined the Freshman football team's hopes for a banner year by thoroughly shellacking the Yardlings 33 to 6 yesterday afternoon at the Stadium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B.C. Downs Yardlings 33-6 | 10/17/1959 | See Source »

After I concluded my study of Dewey's autobiographical sketch, I found out by fortunate coincidence that he was at the time visiting professor at Harvard. So early that afternoon I went to Lowell House and knocked on the door of his room. Happily, he was in. I asked John Dewey whether he would have half an hour for an interview any time in the next few days. He very generously answered, "now." So I put to him the following questions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dialogue With John Dewey | 10/17/1959 | See Source »

...team has been spirited and active in practice this week and seems ready. But Harvard scouts have told coach John Yoviscin that "Columbia can beat any team in the League on any afternoon." Columbia has one of the League's top passers, Tom Vassell, at quarterback, although Yale's line last weekend rushed him so effectively that he completed only four passes in 20 tries...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: Varsity Football Squad to Face Columbia Cornell, Penn Favored in Weekend Games | 10/16/1959 | See Source »

...freshman football squad will play its second game of the season against a highly-rated B.C. team this afternoon in the Stadium. Flushed with a 21-6 victory over a tough Holy Cross squad last Sunday, the Eagles are reputed to have one of their best teams in recent years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Eleven Meets B.C. | 10/16/1959 | See Source »

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