Word: forward
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...This little flurry attracted a lot of attention, partly because it happened while the Anglo-American Council on Productivity was thrashing out ways & means of increasing British industrial efficiency. Labor's own Daily Mirror berated the dockers' action as "a strike against prosperity, a refusal to go forward with modern methods." Actually, in this case the employers were much at fault. When they put the stacking truck in, they violated a 1929 law forbidding employers to install labor-saving machines without consulting the workers first...
...Sacramento, Calif., Governor Earl Warren, participant in one of the week's big upsets, sat through another one: unbeaten little Nevada lost, 14-0, to Santa Clara. A fortnight ago, Nevada's star quarterback, 190-lb. Stan Heath, set a new intercollegiate forward-passing record, has now gained 1,758 yards by passing this season. But Santa Clara rushed him so hard that he had trouble getting his passes off. Even so, Quarterback Heath, son of an old big-league catcher, is regarded by pro teams as one of the prize catches of the 1948 season...
Harv. Brn First Downs 16 10 Yards gained, rushing 270 127 Forward passes 15 18 Forwards completed 6 7 Yards gained, forwards 102 157 Forwards intercepted by 2 0 Punts 6 4 *Av. dist. of punts, yds. 32 35 Run-back of punts, yds. 10 22 Fumbles 2 3 Own fumbles recovered 0 1 Penalties 7 3 Yards lost, penalties 75 12 *From line of scrimmage
Piya Chakkaphak, Harvard's freshman center-forward, scored two of the Crimson goals. Dave McCollum, Pete Lawson, and John Harvey each got one apiece...
...revamped committee held its first formal meeting yesterday, pressing forward technical and financial preparations for next summer's Seminar. Possible faculty members were discussed, but no appointments were made...