Word: onslaught
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...Harvard icemen mercifully spared their opponents for the first eight minutes of the contest, even letting Mass Bay play with the puck in the Crimson's end occasionally. But eight minutes into the period the onslaught began...
...yellow, butt-bruising school bus. Hardly the Greyhound luxury-cruise type that the hotshots of the campaign press corps deign to ride in and complain about, but then again, the hotshots aren't riding Jimmy Carter's band-wagon--yet. Whether they will be come May and the second onslaught of state primaries was something I wanted to try to find out. But more than wanting to ruminate over darkhorse Jimmy Carter's staying power as a candidate for President in 1976, on a cold night two weeks ago I wanted to see the peanut farmer from Plains...
From the opening gun, Harvard began its onslaught on the Middies. Duncan Pyle blazed a 54.7 opening backstroke lap in the 400 medley relay as the Crimson glided to victory in the event and to a lead (7-0) that wasn't to be caught...
Last night at 7 p.m. the Charles River was still. Its banks bore the mark of the hundreds of picnicing spectators, its bridges had managed tc withstand the onslaught of the some 677 shells and skulls that had weaved their way up the river, and its waters, in general, seemed to breath a huge sigh of relief. The rowing extravaganza of the fall season, The Head of the Charles Regatta, had come and gone and the Ol' Man was still rolling along...
...begin with, Geiger evaded the first defensive onslaught by stepping back in the passing pocket, and then romping through the line for a 20-yard gain...