Word: hards
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...announcing the two-price system by which farm surpluses will be distributed to undernourished Americans, Secretary Wallace has produced a plan in which farmers are no longer the main beneficiaries. Timed to forestall the mounting criticism of the AAA, the program presents a poser for die-hard critics, for it includes the good points of every sound program suggested in recent years...
SCENE FOUR. The hard leather toe meets the oval pigskin an instant after the whistle blows. Standing on the five-yard line, he watches the course of the ball through the air towards him. Swiftly it rises until it seems to be higher than the rim of the stadium behind it up and up in a graceful are. His eyes glue themselves to this careening brown speck. He remains motionless, staring at it in fascination like one hypnotized. . . . This is a game, old boy; it has started now. Forget that hollow stomach feeling. This is a football...
After six weeks of practice, playing together as a team for three, the gray shirts have managed to develop an attack that may well prove formidable in this afternoon's game. Working hard under the tuition of Coaches Lamar and Hedblom, the team was putting on its finishing touches in yesterday afternoon's practice, going over a few details necessary for the meeting with Dartmouth...
...selecting the first lineup it has been hard to make choices between men in many positions, but the probable lineup consists of Devine and Keats at the ends, Wood and Armstrong at the tackles, Lacey and Soule at the guard positions, and Fuller at the pivot post. In the backfield, it is probable that Rowe will start at tail, Hurley at wing, Brown at bucking back, and Sargent at blocking...
...action frequently moves at a fast and funny pace; but equally unfortunately, the humor is invariably of the delayed reaction type, where the butt of a wisecrack absorbs it five minutes later. Pat O'Brien, who makes a startling reversal of type by playing the part of a hard-boiled-guy-with-a-heart-of-gold, is the principal recommendation, although one wishes that he would occasionally lower his voice...