Word: blitzed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When it came to building a suitable new shrine for Nichiren's sacred tablet, the Soka Gakkai devotees decided to proceed in typical grandiose style. In a four-day fund-raising blitz in 1965, they collected more than $100 million for the project. This week, at the sect's headquarters on the lower slopes of Mount Fuji, followers are concluding seven days of ceremonies to celebrate the opening of the new High Sanctuary, a mammoth ten-acre complex including a plaza that can accommodate 60,000 worshipers. The steel, aluminum and concrete structure, embellished with rare marble inside...
...both passes to Schubert, Pennington diagnosed a Harvard linebacker blitz and called an audible sending Schubert slanting over the middle, isolating him against Harvard defensive back Barry Malinowski in a man-to-man situation. During the course of the game the linebacker blitz nailed Pennington once for Harvard, while Pennington nailed Harvard for over 150 yards with the slant...
...Linsky forces plan to make a major effort to contact all the voters in the district before the November election. "We are relying on field organization in the campaign. The major crux of our effort will be a detailed blitz and canvass which we will aim at everyone, Democrats, Republicans, and independents," Steve Crosby, the campaign manager for Linsky, said Friday...
...depth chart in a lot more encouraging at the quarterback position Restic is blessed with Jimmy Stoeckel a junior who broke passing records records his first varsity game only to go under the knife two weeks later, and Eric Crone, who came back from as early season injury to blitz the Yale defense in the season finale. Restic's favorite word, "flexibility," calls for playing time for both quarterbacks. Each has different talents to offer--Stoeckel is a smart play caller and a good play-action short passer, while Crone is a drop back passer with a rifle arm well...
This time, the South Vietnamese had to win the battle on their own. The U.S. has only 65,000 ground troops remaining in South Viet Nam, and they are now assigned solely to defensive roles. As the biggest Communist blitz of the war continued last week, American advisers-and the U.S. commander, General Creighton Abrams-no longer had the decisive say in how or where the South Vietnamese fought; the decisions were being made by President Thieu and the South Vietnamese general staff. The U.S. could supply airpower (with more than 1,000 planes in the region) and dominate...