Word: onslaught
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...first onslaught, the Navy dropped out for $100,000,000, claim- ing they could not cut a cent. Agriculture promptly followed by dropping out for their $25,000,000 announced in the Secretary's letter. Beads of perspiration formed on my forehead, and I regret to say profane ejaculations characterized by vocabulary. Secretary Mellon, who joined me at the office, joined also in the perspiration, though naturally a cool man." In spite of Navy and Agriculture, Dawes finally found $305,000,000 to save...
...Goode in a scoring position. A single by Gordon brought him home and the score was tied. A single by Conlon and a pretty double steal was too much for Wight, the Blue pitcher, so Chittenden went in to relieve him. But he had little success in stopping the onslaught and before the inning closed the Crimson nine had a three-run lead, which it was able to maintain until the eighth when Yale made her final threat...
...assign to each of a list of two hundred famous men values from plus 25 to minus 25, or 0 when they could give no opinion. The average for each entry was then computed and tabulated. So now the art of individual appreciation of literature has succumbed to the onslaught of statistical analysis and scientific method...
...completely humbled by Mr. Parsons' furious onslaught upon my letter of the 16th. But may I be permitted to give a few yelps by way of rejoinder from the limbo of the utterlys uelched...
...this week to strengthen his forwards, especially on the left side. The two big Holy Cross advances Saturday were both directed chiefly against the left side of the University line, which, although showing far more power than in the Boston University game, gave way at times before the Purple onslaught. The men individually played well, but there was lack of cohesion. For this reason Coach Fisher will probably try to develop his line into a more smoothly-working organization rather than make any serious shifts in the present arrangement...