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Word: backed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...defense quickly got the ball back on an impressive series featuring a quarterback sack by linebacker Bob Woolway. The offense stalled after running!for one first down. After a penalty and a sack, the Crimson was pinned deep in its own territory with a third and a mile...

Author: By Mark D. Director and David A. Wilson, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Cornell Swamps Crimson, 41-14 | 10/13/1979 | See Source »

...Crimson doorstep. Two quick rushes put the ball in the endzone with Bob Muha going over from the two on a pitch-out to the right. So with 8:26 remaining in the third stanza, Harvard trailed 20-0 and desperately tried to get some back by going to the air. Suffice to say that the most exciting moment of the drive for the Crimson was the announcement in the press box that this was Bob Cavileer's fiftieth year as the Harvard statistician...

Author: By Mark D. Director and David A. Wilson, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Cornell Swamps Crimson, 41-14 | 10/13/1979 | See Source »

...Decker at the 10. From there, Ryan faked everyone out, tucking the ball behind his hip on a keeper to the 3. He then pitched to the fleet Tom Weidenkopf on the option to make the score 27-0. A pointless Harvard series of Lahti incompletes turned the ball back over and again put the defense to the test. On the first play, Ryan burned the lagging resistance, hitting a wide-open Mike Turley for 41 yards to the Harvard 19 before Scott MacLeod collared...

Author: By Mark D. Director and David A. Wilson, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Cornell Swamps Crimson, 41-14 | 10/13/1979 | See Source »

Organizers of the event--who have been hard at work in an 11th-floor office in downtown Boston--predict a happy, festive occasion. There will be speeches and lots of hand-shaking and back-patting. A lot of Bostonians have been scrambling for invitations to the event for quite some time. As he did at last year's dedication of the Kennedy School of Government, Kennedy is expected to honor the memory of his brother solemnly. But underneath the pomp and the social scene is a story that people still hesitate to talk about. It is a story of community...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: The Library That Got Away | 10/12/1979 | See Source »

...conflict goes all the way back to President Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, who established a policy for presidents to donate their papers and memorabilia to the National Archives. In November 1961, then President Kennedy announced that, in keeping with tradition, he would ask a committee of friends and officials to begin planning the building that would house his papers and mementoes. But Kennedy attached a condition to his announcement; he asked that his presidential library be "closely associated" with his almamater--Harvard. Shortly thereafter, White House officials sat down with University spokesmen to explore the issues...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: The Library That Got Away | 10/12/1979 | See Source »

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