Word: lating
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...times it seemed that only a miracle could save Amherst from defeat, but the miracle always materialized. Crimson lineman Larry Ekpebu had two on-target shots knocked down late in the game, neither of them by the Amherst goalie. As time was running out in the third quarter, Ekpebu, playing wing, sent a hard cross toward the Lord Jeff nets. The ball hit defender Walter Barnette and seemed to be headed straight for the goal, but it ticked the post just hard enough to be deflected safely away...
Busybody. In Venice, Calif., Albert A. Tammer stepped in to separate five girls who were fighting, learned too late that it was a mistake; the ladies gave him a good pummeling, took his wallet and cigarette case for good measure...
Stage-Struclc. In Broken Bow, Neb., while participating in an Old West celebration, Banker Thomas T. Varney Jr. fired blanks enthusiastically at fleeing make-believe robbers, discovered too late that the shells were loaded with birdshot, sent one of his victims a new hat, the other an air pillow...
...Late that afternoon Khrushchev & Co. flew back into Washington worn and rumpled. Under Secretary of State Robert Murphy led the proper but perfunctory greeting party. Crowds waved amiably-this time at a familiar figure-as K.'s limousine swept him back to Blair House. Within an hour he was showered and dressed for a reception at the Soviet embassy, then headed off to a private dinner with two dozen businessmen to sound the old brassy warning that U.S. willingness to disarm and trade would prove whether the U.S. wanted war or peace...
...then, however, it was too late; the J.V. team was home safe with a 34-6 win, thanks to its 20 points in the last quarter. The Naval Station eleven was hampered throughout the game by numerous fumbles caused either by the wet conditions or hard-hitting Crimson linemen--or both...