Word: overwhelm
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...yard line by a series of desperate rushes, and then was thrown back three times by the stiffened Cavanaugh defense, La Roche attempted to make fourth down on a forward pass. And later, on another fourth down, he sent his backs through tackle in a vain effort to overwhelm the Boston line by sheer weight. Finally Acosta, at centre, showed himself incapable of filling Tim Callahan's position in the snap-back position Worried by the aggressive Boston centre, his passes were erratic...
...enveloped by unkind fate in the dark storm of war, we are threatened by irreparable loss. The Senior Picnic has gone, the Pudding Show has gone. And many of our classmates have gone, often leaving behind the sad memento of their debts. Yet the worst of all may overwhelm us. The goodies will...
...shores. This, he estimated, would take at least 30 days. Supposing that about 150,000 men could be brought over at one time we should need an army of at least 250,000 to dispose of the invading force. The function of our navy should be not to overwhelm any opposing force but merely to be able to keep an attacking squadron back and so delay the landing of troops until our army should have time to assemble...
Harvard's future opponents, Princeton, Brown, and Yale, with the possible exception of Yale, do not face any very serious opposition this afternoon. Princeton will meet the Williams College eleven at Princeton. The Tigers feel confident that their smooth-working offense will overwhelm Williams, especially since the latter are minus their captain and four other regulars, who are on the hospital list. Princeton has been developing the forward passing game, and there is confidence that, with the proper strategic moves, the passes will prove successful in the big games to come as well as against Williams today...
...doubt that this year's eleven is one of the strongest teams that has ever represented the university. Even though Cornell has not opposed any of the big teams so far this season, the fact that it could defeat Oberlin 34 to 7, beat Williams 46 to 6, and overwhelm Bucknell 41 to 0 shows the tremendous scoring power of the machine. Although the Red and White has fallen before the crimson in ten contests during the past, its men come here next Saturday determined to break the run of luck. Pennsylvania is for the moment forgotten, the Michigan game...