Word: held
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...None of the boys played badly," Lamar noted, "and there was no outstanding star. They all held together and played a lot of good football, but we just made more mistakes than we have before...
...second half, the varsity also scored a second touchdown. But Ravenel failed by a yard to make the conversion on a quarterback sneak. And from here on, the Princeton defense held firm....CRIMSONDale B. FrumanPrinceton tailback HUGH SCOTT hurdles blockers and would-be tacklers, including Harvard's right guard HAL ANDERSON (72) in Saturday's game. Scott scored the Tigers' first touchdown early in the first period and gained 75 yards in 15 carries. In the first game of the Big Three round robin, Princeton beat Harvard by a second period conversion...
...Maryland, a revamped Democratic organization easily held its own four seats, also picked up the remaining three from Republicans, including the Eastern Shore seat of six-term G.O.P. Congressman Edward T. Miller...
...while Democrats were running strong for House seats in other sections of the U.S., a handful of embattled Republicans in the South held firm. Five G.O.P. Southern Congressmen retained their seats, notably among them Dallas' Bruce Alger, who held off the strong challenge of Democrat Barefoot Sanders...
...although he never allowed himself to say so, his having to make out checks for Professor Greg was a piece of unfinished business that he would like to see settled before he himself retired. The gray-haired woman who stamped the cards at the circulation desk in the library held similar sentiments. Three times a week Professor Greg came in with his green cloth book bag, the kind that had been carried by schoolboys in Boston, and took it away bulging with books. Professor Greg, she knew, was a world-famous scholar, but she couldn't understand...