Word: groundful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...grave as any that burdened man before." In the U.S. in particular, things were in parlous shape. The Government, Krock complained, was endorsing "an evangelistic concept of world stewardship"; it had "discarded the most fundamental teaching of the foremost American military analysts by assuming the burden of a ground war between Asians in Asia." At home, the Constitution was being eroded by "the swollen powers of the President" and the "judge-made legislation" of the Supreme Court. The Great Society had become "both kith and kin" to the total welfare state...
...word. Tommy ordered his boys to kick on third down, pass on fourth. He drilled them endlessly in the techniques of the quick kick and the "squib punt"-kicked ever so gently-that is almost impossible to field, because it travels only 30 yds. in the air, hits the ground and rolls around crazily. He was even accused of rigging microphones in his players' helmets, so that he could direct the action from the bench. And then he introduced Quarterback Beban, a spectacular sophomore who ran for 590 yds., passed for 1,483, and sparked the Bruins...
...dash in 9.4 sec. Tackle John Richardson (254 Ibs.) and Guard Larry Agajanian (232 Ibs.) supply the beef for a gang-tackling defense that limited Syracuse's own All-America Halfback Floyd Little to 18 yds. in twelve carries and held Missouri to 39 yds. on the ground...
...victory over divided moderate opposition, state party chairman William Johnson and ex-governor Wesley Powell. Thyng opposed civil rights legislation and foreign aid and insisted that increased conventional bombing of military targets in North Vietnam would halt Hanoi's capacity to fight -- and end the war, of course. The ground war in South Vietnam didn't interest him much. The decisive factors in his victory were probably his divided opposition, the low turnout (which often favors extremists whose kooky backers flock to the polls to vote for their putative saviors), and Loeb's Manchester Union-Leader, the only paper that...
...against Massachusetts last week, the Dartmouth defense was strong, even though Holy Cross outgained the Green on the ground, 190 yards to 65. Holy Cross did not complete a pass during the entire game, however...