Word: height
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After the deluge, the varsity fought back gamely but futilely, for the height, speed, and finesse of the visitors were clearly too much for the Crimson. At 14:-45, the varsity pulled within eight points on a Donohue push shot, but Dartmouth went into a semi-freeze, working the ball around the outside until someone got clear for a lay-up shot. In the last five minutes, in fact, the Indians outscored the varsity, 15 to 5, despite a full-court press...
Against Cornell, the Crimson pulled ahead at the start on the strength of an effective full-court press with Bob Repetto's drive-ins. Despite the Big Red's height advantage, the Crimson maintained its early lead and went off the court at halftime with a 33-23 advantage...
...arrived at the height of a confused situation that pitted Fidel Castro's rebel forces against a group of young revolutionary zealots who had occupied the presidential palace. Castro's men so far were resorting to persuasion. Apparently they were meeting with success, for the splinter group of revolutionaries left the palace on orders from their leaders rather than embarrass Urrutia's struggling young regime...
Supporters of the proposed Armenian Church on Brattle St. have received the backing of the Superior Court in their efforts to construct an edifice which would exceed the allowed building height in the residential area...
...North China, sets up a sort of motel for mule drivers ("the newspapers of North China") and has somebody tell them Bible stories while they eat. Meanwhile, she makes friends with the local mandarin (Donat), who gives her a civil service job as his Foot Inspector during the height of the campaign against binding the feet of female children; after that, the cheerful, hardworking, God-fearing young woman is known for miles around as "Jen-Ai" (The One Who Loves People). She fights for the rights of women and prisoners, brings medicine to the local bandits, makes a home...