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Word: drill (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Meanwhile the Crimson squad ran through a light contact drill yesterday in a muddy field under the practice field lights...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Maher, Flippin May Miss Game Saturday | 11/2/1955 | See Source »

Main features of yesterday's drill were the long 35-to-45 yard passes thrown by quarterbacks Leo Daley and Phil Haughey. Wingback John Simourian, slightly injured in the Dartmouth game, was on the receiving end of most of the passes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jordan Stresses Pass Plays in Light Drills | 10/26/1955 | See Source »

...finding: better than average quality, the same type as in Iraq's big fields. When the drill casings were pulled off, the gusher spurted 60 feet into the air. The whole nation rejoiced over the discovery. Israelis hugged each other in city streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: Promise in the Promised Land? | 10/3/1955 | See Source »

...awkward, left-handed student in a Kansas City dental college, Charles Dillon Stengel put in three grinding years and then discovered that dental-equipment colleges of those days catered to right-handed drill-pushers. Casey figured it would cost him $150 for special gear, played ,the percentages and quit dentistry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: That Fella | 10/3/1955 | See Source »

...only one respect was the Crimson outmaneuvered Saturday. The Band, celebrating the arrival of its new "biggest playable bass drum in the world," was beaten to the punch when the UMass band presented a visual drill which was almost identical to its own. The new drum, like the football team, began its career, however, with a satisfactorily loud bang.Tallback MATT BOTSFORD (40) leaps into the air on the Massachusetts 37 yard line to hit wingback JOHN SIMOURIAN downfield for Harvard's second touchdown late in the first quarter...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: Varsity Opens Season by Overpowering Massachusetts Eleven by 60-to-6 Score | 10/3/1955 | See Source »

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