Word: droving
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Yale-Princeton game eight members of the Lampoon board, drove down to New Haven in two cars. They had scouted the scene of the crime a long time before and had had their plans all made out. Every one was at the game, and Pachs Studio, where their sought-after prize lay, was deserted. They entered by jimmying a window on an inside court and gained their objective, the room where the section of fence stood. The Yale captain's picture was to be taken standing against it, as the Hefflefingers, the Mallorys, and others had been. The criminals wrapped...
Michigan State drove down a snow-sogged field to Carnegie Tech's 1-yd. line. Carnegie fought back to Michigan State's 1-yd. line. Michigan tried to kick a field goal, missed. So did Carnegie...
Last week he decided that he had been in jail long enough, walked out the front door, climbed into a car full of friends and drove off, taking one of the lesser wardens with him. Pressed for an explanation, Chief Night Jailer Martinez Hernaiz said he had let his prominent prisoner escape because he said he did not feel well. Behind him Juan March left a letter for his lawyer, Tomas Perie...
After this score the Jayvees were given the ball on their own 30-yard line and drove through to a first down. A quick kick sent the pigskin out of bounds on the Varsity 35. From there Pesky carried it to midfield, and then he and Art Barrett drove, through for five more yards. On the next play aided by a beautiful block by Will Burton, Barrett broke loose for a touchdown...
...Last spring Adolf Hitler's campaign against the Jews drove Schnabel from Berlin but when he was invited to visit the U. S. again he was as uncompromising as before about his programs. He would come but he would play only Beethoven. He would not play encores for the sake of sending any audience away with a marshmallow taste in its mouth. On no account did he want a long tour which might let him get stale. He preferred to play with orchestras, although orchestra fees are always lower than those for individual recitals...