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Word: fifteens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...play down at the wind-ward end of the field. It was at this time that the Elis showed their most sustained drives of the game, with left halfback Dick Wisner gaining most of the yardage that made him the game's leading rusher. Wisner managed 46 yards in fifteen carries, and gained all but 20 yards of the Yale ground game...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Freshmen Defeat Bullpups, 14-3, On 65-Yard Interception Return | 11/22/1958 | See Source »

...fumble and a seven-yard punt gave the Blue a first down on the Crimson 22-yard line, but an illegal receiver penalty quickly set them back fifteen yards. On the next play Swinford broke in front of a Yale receiver and gathered in the short pass...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Freshmen Defeat Bullpups, 14-3, On 65-Yard Interception Return | 11/22/1958 | See Source »

...seems inconceivable that there has ever been a more exciting Harvard-Yale soccer game than the one played yesterday. The Crimson, outplayed for most of the first half, rallied for one vitally important score in the last fifteen seconds of the third period, and then held on through the final quarter...

Author: By James W.B. Benkard, | Title: Soccer Varsity Defeats Underdog Eli Team, 1-0 | 11/22/1958 | See Source »

Toward the middle of the field two squads were scrimmaging. Stephen B. Cohen '61, a husky fullback, drove through a maze of tacklers for nearly fifteen yards. A few minutes later he repeated the effort. Further up the field the "A" squad was sharpening its offense. A speedy little performer barked signals and deftly pitched out to a halfback. The quarterback's name was Charles D. Ravenel...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Sopbomores Give Depth, Enthusiasm to Varsity | 11/15/1958 | See Source »

...July, when Flanagan's appointment came up before the Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee, the Committee's questioning disclosed the fact that he had made at least fifteen dishonest statements on his Civil Service applications. Flanagan admitted these dishonesties. Although the Committee and the Senate as a whole obviously did not favor Flanagan's nomination, Adams was determined to push his appointment through Congress. The White House was saved this embarrassing effort when Flanagan resigned, "for the good of the Republican Party...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Flanagan Case | 11/8/1958 | See Source »

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