Word: cross
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were sentenced to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine each. The eleventh got a $10,000 fine and three years in prison. Robert Thompson, New York state chairman of the party, had gotten a lighter sentence because of his war record: he won the Distinguished Service Cross in New Guinea for swimming a swollen river under fire and, with his platoon, wiping out two pillboxes. Comrade Thompson was not exactly grateful for the favor. "Judge Medina attempted with a last-minute two-bit maneuver to cloak his vicious class role with a whitewash of judicial fairness," Thompson...
With his alter-ego, Jim Noonan, available on extra load. He ran with decisiveness completed three of the five passage be attempted for a gain of 23 yards. On the play which set up the Harvard held goal, West took a lateral from Rocks on a cries-cross play and went 17 yards to the Holy Cross seven. This play, which Harvard had worked once before in the first quarter without such success suggest, seemed to typify the Harvard offense--West and Roche--mere than any other...
...tries at the center of the burly Cross line. West moved the ball to the three and on the next play he drove over. Charlie Walsh's conversion attempt was not good, his second miss of the season...
There was no further scoring in the quarter. Hyde recovered a Holy Cross fumble on the opposition's 27 but the visitors took over on downs, were forced to kick, and the Crimson moved from its own 20 to the Purple 40 as the period ended...
West gained a first down on the 26 but the attack begged down when Roche was thrown for an eight-yard loss and the Cross took the ball on downs. In two Cross took the ball on downs. In two plays it had a first down on the Crimson...