Word: blockings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...minutes, once racking up an apparent score only to find that one of the numerous laterals on the play had been executed after an opponent had tagged the passer. They finally lost the ball on their own five-yard line. A speedy and well executed play featuring a questionable block sent Montgomery of Straus through the middle of the line all the way to the threshold of the goal, where he passed to Beddle for the tally before being tagged. The game ended a few plays later with Straus intercepting a final desperate pass...
This year, for the first time, the docile Filipinos cast their ballots under the "block-voting" system, for which Manuel Quezon got his idea from Adolf Hitler's Germany. They could vote a straight party ticket by simply writing in the name of the party. To split the ticket, they had to write down the full names of 27 candidates in a stuffy election booth-while Quezon's watchful ward leaders thoughtfully eyed their clocks...
...effect, he thinks, is 90% psychological. If the morale of the bombed outfit is high-as his was-the men will grin & bear it. But he saw many a French driver jump from his truck and run into the woods when the Stukas came over-leaving a truck to block traffic or crack up on the roadside...
Keeping constant tabs, if necessary, on each locomotive and its load, Elwood's central control room will be able to do the right thing immediately in emergencies. The system saves money by eliminating block signals, with their miles of underground wire. A check on the system itself is provided by a white light in each cab, blinking every five seconds while the FM set is working, turning red if it goes haywire. The area of the Elwood plant is well within the range of perfect FM reception...
...optimistic note from the day's labors is the employment of a system to block quick kicks devised by line coach Lyal Clark. The remainder of the session was spent on kickoff return defense and runbacks of kicks.DON FORTE listed as victor in battle for starting Varsity end role...