Word: held
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Charles Van Doren. He personifies the lack of intellectual vitality and technological purpose that currently plagues America. He held a mirror for the rest...
When O'Leary hit again on a long one-hander, the Crimson held only a 35-32 lead. But the Jumbo five could not continue its threat, and free throws by Greg Loser and Donohue gave the Crimson a 39-33 half-time margin...
...general examinations and tutorial were essential to his overall plan of rousing students from their intellectual apathy, so he decided that since the University couldn't have both quality and quantity in its instruction, it would have quality. Accordingly, as the College budget increased from year to year, he held the number of Courses to a minimum and used the extra money gradually to hire a complete staff of departmental tutors...
...Alan ("The Horse") Ameche up the middle. But as always the big man was Unitas himself. Passing in the calm lee of Tackle Jim Parker (6 ft. 3 in., 275 lbs.), Unitas threw for three touchdowns to bring his season's total to 29, break the N.F.L. record held since 1943 by the Bears' Sid Luckman. When his receivers were covered, Unitas bolted 12 yds. for a fourth touchdown...
...played only so-so opposition, was busy wrecking a U.C.L.A. team that had upended high ranking Southern California two weeks earlier. The game was never even close. Syracuse's "Sizable Seven" linemen (average weight: 216 lbs.) scornfully brushed aside U.C.L.A.'s specially designed trap plays, held U.C.L.A.'s offense to a humiliating minus 13 yds. on the ground. Led by German-born Team Captain Gerhard Schwedes, a slashing right halfback, Syracuse rolled up touchdowns with offhand ease. Score: Syracuse 36, U.C.L.A. 8-convincing proof that Syracuse was the finest college team in the land...