Word: forward
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...significant step forward marked by the development of two-year community colleges hinges on the acceptance and cooperation of leading citizens in each locality, particularly by managers of industry, president Conant concluded...
...train began a station-to-station run to Buffalo. Seven thousand people stayed through a violent cloudburst at Auburn, Republican Congressman John Taber's home town. They cheered lustily as Harry Truman berated Taber for using "a butcher knife and a saber and a meat ax . . . on every forward-looking program . . ." There were more crowds at Schenectady, Amsterdam, Little Falls, Utica, Rome, Oneida, Syracuse, Seneca Falls, Geneva, Rochester, and Buffalo. And there would be great crowds again this week as the President toured the Middle West. Politicos and columnists seemed puzzled by the phenomenon. But the President himself, with...
...what of the problem of providing hands? . . . My only suggestion is that the nose might be greatly elongated into a trunk equipped with delicate grasping instruments like fingers. It would probably be desirable to have two trunks, if not three. The eyes . . . would have to be projected well forward . . . otherwise Homo Jovianus would not be able to see where he was stepping...
Alex Sarkisian, Northwestern's fighting center, took charge of containing the mighty Minnesota line. Quarterback Don Burson's forward passes began connecting. Before Minnesota knew exactly what had happened, Northwestern had won, 19-16. After twelve lean years, Northwestern was once again one of the big wheels of the rough & ready Big Nine Conference...
Army Harvard First Downs 13 13 Yards gained, rushing 324 178 Forward passes 8 14 Forwards completed 3 5 Yards gained, forwards 51 49 Forwards intercepted 1 0 Number of punts 5 9 Average dist. of punts 26 26 Fumbles 2 2 Own fumbles recovered 1 1 Penalties 6 3 Yards lost, penalties...