Word: grind
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...change "a world of nations, caught in a web of hatred, suspicion, and mistrust, into a world in which people feel a community of spirit." He makes it clear that the Experiment is "not a language school, it is no joy ride, and it has no axe to grind...
...narrow-eyed Kyle Rote ran his day's performance to spectacular totals: he gained 115 yards through the line and around the ends, pitched ten passes for 146 yards, scored three touchdowns. After his third score it took all of Notre Dame's All-America power to grind out one more Irish touchdown and go ahead, 27-20. Even then, in the last minutes of the game, Coach Matty Bell's men began to roll downfield again in a 67-yd. drive that was halted only on the Irish 4-yd. line...
...hopes in presenting this series was that other publications would devise further campaigns in advertising's behalf. For without the swift exchange of goods and news about those goods our economy would grind to a halt. It was to the wider understanding of that basic truth that TIME Inc.'s "Campaign About Advertising" was directed...
Pianist Tatum sat at a corner table, his customary bottle of beer before him, and admitted he was tired of the grind of nightclub shows, sometimes thinks of retiring to his home in California with his wife and two Doberman pinschers. But as the intermission pianist swung into a chorus of Basin Street, he turned his head attentively. "He's got some good ideas," he said. "You can't create everything. You hafta listen to the other fella." His strong fingers flexed in an imaginary run. "I'm always tryin' new ideas. No matter...
...Deacons relied on power plays from their single wing attack to grind out their yardage, and lone touchdown. It took Kirkland 19 plays to march from its own 30-yard line in the second period to the Leverett four, where fullback Tom Lamb scored on a line plunge...