Word: passing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...clincher, at 18:09, came on a dazzling speed skating exhibition by the all American junior from Quebec, as he took a pass at the Crimson blue line, turned the defense, and skated in alone on Harry Pratt, who had little chance. Pratt had performed superbly, stopping Marquis from point-blank range just five minutes earlier...
...materialize, for Booth was suffering from leg injuries and did not start. With a fourth and four situation on the Harvard 18 in the second quarter, Booth came into the game to try a field goal, but his kick was blocked. Later, he threw a 23-yard touchdown pass for Yale's only score, and, in a desperate bid to overcome Harvard's 10-6 lead, he broke away on a kickoff return only to be pulled down from behind...
Then, late in the fourth period, Yale blocked a Wood punt and recovered on the Crimson 45. Booth gained five yards, and on the next play he completed a pass deep in Harvard territory. After three running attempts left the Bulldogs short of a score, Both dropped back to the 12 and split the uprights with the three-point kick that ruined the Crimson's spotless record...
...Tennessee legislature got set this week to pass a joint resolution asking the Internal Revenue Service to go easy on World War I's ailing one-man gang, Sergeant Alvin Cullum York, 72, long saddled with an income tax bill of $85,422 for royalties (claimed by York to be capital gains) earned from a 1941 movie of his life. Sympathetic taxmen hinted a settlement could be reached to let broke, bedridden Hero York keep his frame house, his mountainside farm...
Between appearances in Federal court in Manhattan last week. Fancy Financier Alexander L. Guterma (TIME, Feb. 23) took time out to pass his own sentence. Bleated he: "I'm a mortally wounded animal. I've been completely ruined and discredited before any determination by the courts." There was little doubt that Guterma, charged with fraud by SEC, spoke the truth...