Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Running and passing through a chilly, biting drizzle, Boulris fashioned perhaps the finest performance of his career. He scored both Crimson touchdowns and led the varsity's offense throughout the decisive first half with 70 yards in ten attempts on the ground and 22 yards passing, before being injured early in the third quarter...
...Defense Secretary Neil McElroy's order of last month that the Air Force would be responsible for space-rocket vehicles. Actually, many thoughtful Army officers were glad to be free of the costly distractions of space to concentrate on overdue modernization of equipment and tactics for atomic-war ground troops...
Working with Dr. Peter Dubach, Douglas Pratt and C. M. Stewart, Professor Smith was studying the hibernating larvae of woodboring beetles (Melandrya striata), trying to isolate the enzymes that digest the cellulose on which the insects live. But when he ground up the larvae and analyzed the juice, he was surprised to find a considerable glycerol content. Since the active summer larvae do not contain glycerol, he guessed that the larvae possessed a mechanism that reacted to cold by producing glycerol to keep their tissues from freezing in the Minnesota winters...
Quarterback Meredith has certainly done as much for S.M.U. as such greats as Halfbacks Doak Walker ('50) and Kyle Rote ('51), is shepherded with anxious concern by a coaching staff that knows that S.M.U., with not much of a ground offensive, is heavily dependent on his bullwhip right arm. The coaches have still not recovered from the shock of learning that Meredith risked their livelihood by repeatedly falling off a motor scooter while navigating the winding roads of Majorca last summer. Cracks one coach: "If something happens to Meredith, we'll have to resort to the confused...
...Southern California (5-0)-revved up its famed ground attack for two last period touchdowns, beat Stanford...