Word: grabs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Defense v. Offense. The contrast is also apparent on the playing field. Arsenal's five internationals (players who compete for England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales) are defensive specialists; three of Chelsea's five internationals are offensive forwards. Arsenal plays a "smash and grab'' game, unpretty but effective, concentrating on defense until it gets a sudden scoring chance. Chelsea plays a "copy book" game, pretty but often ineffective, concentrating on deft dribbling and pinpoint passing...
British Overseas Airways Corp., which hopes to grab the lead in commercial aviation by flying the first jet transports on regular routes, announced that early next month it will start its 36-passenger Comet jetliner on weekly service to Johannesburg. With a cruising speed of 490 m.p..h., the Comet is scheduled to make the 6,724-mile run (five stops en route) in the flying time of 18 hours and 40 minutes, 12 hours less than current schedules...
...question of who owns the marginal lands does indeed remain in dispute, but the crucial issue is actually who will manage the land and use the oil revenue. Since paramount rights in the areas under consideration are vested in the United States, an attempt to grab them for the use of the three separate states involved is "robbery". Despite assumptions to the contrary, the Supreme Court declared in the California case of 1947 that the states had never held title to the submerged land...
...town during the first 20 years of the 20th century. Sentimental and nostalgic, it contrasts the old South with the new Southwest, lets its young hero illustrate the sound, old-fashioned theme "that it's what you put into life that matters and not what you try to grab out of it." Waco folks will undoubtedly be looking for themselves and their neighbors among the book's huge cast of characters. Cooper says they'll have no luck: all of his people are made up, "and I like some of them better than I do my friends...
...show the atmosphere in which this irresponsible decision was made, two oil lobbyists were actually present on the Senate floor during debate. The lobbyists coached Florida's Senator Spessard Holland in his fight for the state grab...