Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Especially encouraging was the bang-up game played throughout by the un- tried Harvard forward wall. Aided by their consistent tactics the backs were able to sweep the ball down into scoring position several times, but unsuccessful tries for field goals made their attempts useless. The good work of the line was also evident on the defensive, for the red and gray attack was well under control throughout the game, and the schoolboys' scoring chances were pretty slim...
Spanish nerves were still taut. After a late afternoon outburst of firing in Madrid, 12,000 retired army officers and an association of noblemen headed by the Viscount of Cubas stepped forward to offer their services to the Government. Snapped a potent Deputy: "This uncertainty, if it continues, will end in military dictatorship. The Government should take the most drastic steps...
...massed bands, some 20,000 welcomers jam-packed the streets around the dock. Bright with fluttering pennons, French warships crowded the harbor. Airplanes droned overhead. Slowly the Jugoslavian warship drew in and docked. Erect and grave, King Alexander marched with his entourage down the gangplank. Minister Barthou stepped forward, smiling. The two men shook hands, chatted a moment. Officials, aides, secret service men clustered around them thick as flies. The party moved toward a line of shining automobiles. Cheering hoarsely the crowd strained against the tight rope of police and troops. King and Minister stepped into the fourth automobile...
...almost unknown before the tournament started, now seemed very likely to take the third major U. S. golf title of the year back to California, Miss Van Wie evened the match at the end of the morning round. On the 35th, Miss Traung just missed a long putt, stepped forward to congratulate her opponent for doing what only three other women have been able to do in 38 years: win the U. S. championship three times...
...Deal a lot of dangerous nonsense; all business needs is confidence that the Bill of Rights is still in force. "Recovery from this depression is inevitable, though it may be slowed up by government policies. . . . If confidence were restored in the securities of Liberty we should move forward irresistibly." Though he does not believe that revolution has yet "swept the United States . . . there are some who are trying to bring it about." With real, unconsciously revolutionary passion he prophesies: "The spark of liberty in the mind and spirit of man cannot be long extinguished; it will break into flames that...