Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Easy Ed scored ten of the points against Holy Cross. Since last season, when he was the whole team, his burden has been lightened. St. Louis hired a new coach, Edgar Hickey, who installed the fast-break system and designed plays to take some of the point-making pressure off Big Ed Macauley. With improved teamwork, St. Louis has breezed past seven rivals. If the next three-Oklahoma A. & M., Long Island University and Notre Dame-can be hurdled, the worst will be over...
Daisy Chain. By mid-1947, the daisy chain of wage and price boosts had yanked up break-even points of many a corporation to the danger point. Warned the National Industrial Conference Board: "Many executives express great concern over the much higher break-even points today than in prewar years. Instances are reported where a moderate sales decline would wipe out all profits and result in deficit operations...
...Leave Canada to the Canadiens" is the loud cry of Ski Club members in view of the coming mid-term break. The miles and hours one is dragged away from the sun by the call of the magic north is badly repaid by skiing no better than that of closer New England ranges, according to most club authorities...
Stage Fright Mars Fast Break Debut...
...against Nichols when he showed smooth ball juggling and a quick eye for set-up plays. Styles will be popping his distinctive fast and low long shot from forward and guard. Not speedy on the floor, his deceptive passing is an important ingredient in Berg's hoped for fast break offense...