Word: crackly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...defense the varsity consistently penetrated the j.v. line to throw the backs for big losses. On offense, the first backfield met temporary frustration in trying to crack the strong freshman forward wall, but then Matt Botaford broke through for long gains through the middle and around the ends...
...Albany last month, said that if he were a citizen of New York State he would certainly be for Governor Averell Harriman for President. What if he lived in Illinois? Said Truman, offhandedly: "There are three or four good men in Illinois." This was widely interpreted as a crack at Adlai Stevenson...
...famous possession in which California takes no particular pride is the San Andreas Fault, a great crack in the bedrock that leads from the Mexican border to Point Arena, no miles northwest of San Francisco, and out to sea. When the fault slips, it causes a major earthquake. Last week Seismologist Charles F. Richter of Caltech outraged chambers of commerce by warning that the San Andreas Fault has been gathering pressure for a major bust-loose...
Princeton waited all game for them to crack, but the seven men of Harvard, driven on by their leader Bill Meigs, never folder under the Tigers' pressure. The Crimson forward wall had been pushed around all season, but on this cold, rain-swept first Saturday of November, the initial victory of the Big Three Series went to the Crimson...
Masters contend that a student would be more likely to crack up his automobile while driving his date back to Wellesley after an evening of drinking in his room. Students counter by showing how seldom this happens after the 11 o'clock deadline on non-football weekends...