Word: forwardly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...match up with the best I've ever seen. There's no reason we should be doing as well as this now. But a good chemistry has developed among the players after winning a few games." The players credit West's intensity and contagious enthusiasm. Says Forward Tom Abernethy: "One big reason we're winning is that Coach West has us believing...
...player, West scored 25,192 points-a record that has been topped only by Wilt Chamberlain and Oscar Robertson. Along the way, West shoveled off 6,238 assists-meaning he gave away more points than all but a few superstars score in an entire career. Says Laker Forward Don Ford: "I watched him play on TV when I was growing up. As far as I'm concerned, everything he says is gospel...
...Traditions. As Salutin's play suggests, there was a time when Les Canadiens worked as a symbol for Quebec spirit. The French of Canada, proud of their traditions and staunch in their Roman Catholicism, felt repressed by Anglo-Saxon Protestantism. In 1955, when Maurice Richard, the great Montreal forward, was suspended by Clarence Campbell, the league president, for scuffling with an official, French fans smashed shop windows along Rue Ste. Catherine. Although this was a melee, not a rational debate, popular sociologists went as wild as the fans. Les Canadiens, they suggested, were not merely a hockey team. Rather...
...route, while Air Force and police helicopters patrolled overhead. Officials held their breaths as the spacecraft and its transporter-47.6 meters (153 ft.) long and 23.8 meters (78 ft.) wide -moved along East 10th Street through Palmdale and adjoining Lancaster. At one point, Rockwell workers had to rush forward with a chain saw to lop off a traffic sign in order to permit the shuttle to slip through. But even with such precautions, the clearance for the ship was often only a matter of inches. Still, the eleven-hour move went off without a hitch. Townspeople turned out enthusiastically...
...favored Western Conference squad staged a come-from-behind, 125-124 victory over the East in the NBA All-Star game in Milwaukee yesterday afternoon. Philadelphia's Julius Erving, playing forward for the East, received the game's Most Valuable Player award...