Word: netted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...maybe," he wrote, "he's the Republican to beat all Republicans: a liberally conservative, but conservatively liberal; progressively moderate, but moderately progressive; middle-of-the-road, up-and-coming, down-and-at-'em Republican-type Republican . . . The net result of this urge to be labeled frequently is that our party members end up in neatly tagged compartments, while the opposition party ends up in public office. The only real gainer is a peculiar political species known as a Democrat Democrat...
...inception. 306 farmers have applied for loans. A typical case: a small New Jersey dairy farmer, who wants to develop a seven-acre lake on his land to provide camp sites and boating facilities for vacationers and fishermen. The project would yield the applicant an estimated $3,000 in net income-about as much as he now earns from farming...
Wood, receiving the annual Canterbury Award, was designated the best net minder in the Ivy League...
Even with a man in the penalty box, the varsity forced the action in Clarkson territory. With Berry Treadwell doing time for a tripping foul, the Crimson took no less than six shots against Gibbons. The Knight's net minder finished the period with 17 saves to Godfrey Wood's eight stops in the Crimson nets...
...flips the ball toward the basket so lightly that the actual act of shooting is an anticlimax. "It's like a knuckle ball," says Laker General Manager Lou Mohs. "Sometimes it looks as though it's off to one side-but then it starts searching for the net. Style? Barnett doesn't have any. But who's going to mess with that shot?" On his follow-through, Barnett watches the ball wend its wiggly way toward the basket. His familiar cry, "Fall back, baby!" is a signal to teammates that no matter how bad the shot...