Word: larger
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Before Navarro mosied down to Wabash, the Little Giants, so called because the school regularly plays against much larger competitors, had not had a winning season in ten years...
...Geez," Clark countered, "that makes what I just said sound awful. But I do prefer the Don Quixote image of single combat; although, of course, it's part of a larger team effort. Ideally, a perfect play for an offensive lineman is to knock down every guy on the other side of the ball--almost like a broken-field...
Weighing only 135 lbs., Keller-Sarmiento looks more like a crew cox than a soccer player; but he's done the job this year going up against much larger fullbacks who double- and triple-team him as he streaks down the sideline. "He may be small, but get the ball to his feet and he stands tall," said Ford...
...comedian/social observer of Allen's stature. While Mantell does cover some of the relevant bases, he ignores key leads to the problem at hand. For instance, in the half-hour we hear nothing of Allen's fifteen years of psychoanalysis, although that process has probably provided Allen with a larger portion of his humor than any other single factor. Allen does a lot of psychological jokes, and the understanding that his analysis has afforded him into his own personality and into his relationship with his parents, friends and lovers is essential to a man who survives by the quality...
...basic idea for multi-eyed monsters is not new. Even while they were building Palomar in the 1930s, astronomers realized that if they wanted still larger instruments they would need less expensive technologies. Yet many doubted that it would ever be possible to get several smaller mirrors to scan the heavens precisely in unison. Explains MMT's acting director, Neville Woolf: "The problem is comparable to getting six headstrong prima ballerinas to dance as if they were...