Word: height
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...description of Salem's great moment may seem like a rather ill-timed assertion of the superiority of the past. Yet Mr. Phillips' account of the Salem Federalists is enlightening. Jefferson in maritime New England was about as popular as Sherman became in Georgia. At the very height of Salem's prosperity, Jefferson's embargo (his "moral equivalent" of war against Britain) destroyed it. The Federalists, sympathizing with England rather than with Napoleonic France, had no confidence in Jefferson's motives or in his economics. A hundred vessels lay in the harbor, while the crews...
...Brien, mid-year transfer student from Brooklyn, B.C. has one of the outstanding forwards in New England, and hard-driving captain John Letvinchuk has fully made up for Morganthalor in aggressiveness what he lacks in height...
Coach Moe Berg asserts that this will be the first real test of his quintet's undefeated record. "Their team, except for Deegman, their pivot, who is 6 feet 4 inches, doesn't reach much above 6 feet, and our height may do the trick. I've been amazed by the squad's improvement during the past three weeks. I hope to continue to be amazed...
With Steve Davin, George Hauptfuhrer, and Bill Prior providing the height necessary to control the backboards and Chip Gannon holding Jumbo scoring ace Spud Shapire to five points, the Crimson bounced back to rack up its third win in four starts after trailing 24 to 29 shortly after the start of the second half...
Enjoying a height advantage, the visitors dominated the backboards and repeatedly broke up Crimson thrusts, forcing Hal Kopp's boys to hit from the outside...