Word: cliff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...handling the ball and himself this season in the National Basketball Association that his fellow pros already regard him with ungrudging admiration. "He has that ability to hang there in mid-air for a few seconds before making up his mind to shoot or pass," says St. Louis' Cliff Hagan. Rival coaches often pay Baylor the compliment of assigning him a taller man, try to block up the middle on his drives. Baylor has quickly adapted himself to the rough tactics of the pros. Says St. Louis Coach Ed Macauley: "When he's dribbling with his right hand...
After Bob Bowditch put the Crimson ahead on a jump shot at the outset of the extra period, Bruins Dave Reed, Cliff Ehrlich, John Dellavance, and Al Diussa put the home side in front for good. The varsity fought hard to catch up, but Brown managed to hold the five point lead until the final buzzer...
According to Dr. Lougee's theory, the northern shore of this sea was a towering ice cliff. Great icebergs broke away and drifted toward the outlet, a wide estuary that led to the Gulf of Mexico. When they melted, their embedded stones dropped to the bottom, creating the many glacial deposits that have puzzled other glaciologists...
...Nike. To devotees of abstract art, the Kore seems the less fussy and closer to the "pure form" of modern sculptors such as Brancusi and Henry Moore. Yet the Kore's abstract balance is physical and intensely feminine too. She bulges the stone, breathing, and smiles from her cliff of self most tenderly. The Nike (Victory) has greatness of another order: she moves like a swirl of gauze and a body both, proudly displaying the lightness of spirit-filled flesh. She is the archaic maid set free...
Lacking scoring punch due to graduation of Joe Tebo and Gerry Alaimo, Brown relies on juniors Dave Reed (6ft., 3 in.) and Cliff Ehrlich (6 ft., 4 in.) as forwards. Rounding out the starting five will be Roger Hurley and either Al Diussa or Chris Mitchell...