Word: blocking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...steel plate. When the egg was free to move (like a passenger with no safety belt) a very slight shock broke the shell. When held tightly, the egg survived harder shocks. When cushioned with rubber in front, it lasted even better. The hardiest eggs were snuggled against a cushioned block that slipped a little when the swing hit the steel, allowing the egg to come to a slow stop. It took a powerful shock to crack such a coddled...
...have to compete with local loyalties," said Father Krug. "Almost none of the boys here would have been in a parochial school now if this one had not been built. A boy knows his own town and has his buddies there. Often he can look right down his block and see a first-rate high school-and he can go there free. We must offer the very best to meet that competition...
...Band, the block-long march line, wound from the Yard through the Houses and up to the Indoor Athletic Building to hear three speakers and sing the whole repertoire of football songs...
Director Malcolm Holmes '28 put the band through its paces on the gym steps. The crowd, pressing around the steps for half a block each way, refused to let the musicians go home until they played the perennial favorite, "Wintergreen...
These boys can do practically everything. They can run, block, tackle, kick, and, of course, catch passes. Right now the order of preference for starting berths, at least on offense, is Bob DiBlasio and Johnny Florentine...