Word: buckers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Spears is Line-Bucker...
...Line-Bucker...
...Crusaders' "T" formation for almost another hour against bitter Varsity resistance. But the simulation was not quite perfect, according to Scout Bill Barkley's reports. The real Holy Cross line will outweigh the Crimson 15 pounds per man, and fullback Veto Kissell is a young monster as a line bucker. He has been averaging five yards per play. Holy Cross varies its power routine with a strong passing attack from quarterback Walt Brennan to ends Tom Kelleher and Jim Dieckelman...
...Portland, Ore. shipyard. Said Riveter Leonard Johnson: "I had a tough time, to tell you the truth. I was working on second platform inside ship, riveting angle bars through the wing tank and deck. They didn't have the size rivets I wanted, and there was a new bucker on the other end of them. I never knew when New Year's came. Down in the locker room when we went off shift everyone said 'Happy New Year.' I didn't go out and celebrate. I went home and went to bed. These days...
...diameter. But with the power saw (which weighs about 130 Ib.) it is easier to cut at the base than higher up. The lumber saved will amount to millions of board feet a year. The power saw not only brings the tree down, it also does the bucker's work, slicing up timber like so much sausage. Only human timber cutters needed for mechanized logging are toppers (who knock the tops off the trees) and limbers (who slash the limbs away...