Word: dinged
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Playing a team that is as yet an unknown quantity, the Bunnies could not push over a single counter against the strong Dunster line, and for three quarters the game was a see-saw, ding dong affair, with neither side really coming close. Sole exception was the first period goal line stand by the Funsters after an interception deep in their territory...
...After a ding-dong first period, the Crimson took the ball on its own 40-yard line and marched 60 yards to a score, sparked by bucks by Gershon Ross and speedy end runs by Bill Cole. Two offside penalties on Dean gave Harvard a first down on the 7, and Vinnie Lenhy hit pay dirt in two plays...
...Ding Dong. The fighting that accompanied the attack was of that bitter kind that can be expected in landing on a hostile shore against a determined enemy. The Japs announced that their planes went out and engaged the attacking vessels in a raging storm. As usual they made exaggerated claims of losses inflicted on the U.S.-asserted that they had sunk a battleship and 21 other warships and transports...
...three days of fighting that landings had been made, a pretty good indication that the Marines who accompanied the fleet had obtained good footholds. But the Navy also said that "the enemy has counterattacked with rapidity and vigor. Heavy fighting is still in progress." In short, it was a ding-dong battle, with U.S. planes, presumably carrier-based, fighting land-based Jap planes, and troops of both sides fighting hand to hand...
...Princeton, Columbia, New School of Social Research; traveler; student. History in the next century, he believes, will be determined by U.S. activities in the next few years. Meanwhile, the histories of Messrs. Buell and Treadway, as well as that of the First Massachusetts District, will be determined in a ding-dong scramble in the next nine weeks. Last week Amateur Politico Buell seemed to have at least a 50-50 chance...