Word: pivot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Gamache at center is out to make Harvard fonget his erratic pass which spoiled the Crimson's best scoring chance two years ago. The light Harvard pivot played brilliantly against Holy 'Cross, and bids fair to make Harvard cease longing for the eligibility of Turner...
...Horween sent on the field completely outplayed its opponents and emerged at half time with a 14 point lead. Powerful line bucks by Miller alternated with shifty running by Putnam and French accounted for most of the advances. On the defense the University linemen led by a fast, fighting pivot in the person of Gamache were equally effective. Holy Cross succeeded in penetrating this alert, smashing defense for few gains and were never in a position to threaten the Harvard goal line...
...yesterday in the University lineup, when he changed Gamache to center, replacing Bell, who started the first contest against Genova. With the Holy Cross tilt looming for tomorrow afternoon the change has the appearance of being permanent and it is probable that the former end will start at the pivot position against the Crusaders tomorrow. Gamache started the Geneva game last Saturday at right end for the University...
...emphasize this appeal, posters in streetcars, on the pillars of subway stations, the billboards of vacant lots, present the picture of a woman in a shawl. Her chin is pressed to the pivot of her wrist; her eyes are smeared with black. She might be any age, this sad, sharpened Jewess; the thing that has pointed her bones and thinned her flesh is not age but weariness; she is the incarnation of the most desolate of physical woes, fatigue. "Are You Tired of Giving?" asks the caption. "You Don't Know What It Is to Be Tired...
...pivot, Mrs. Craig, is the familiar type of woman who worships meticulously at the shrine of her Lares and Penotes. These household gods are her all, and it follows that she spends at least a third of her rather selfish life in preserving the domestic perfection of every absurd detail. The author, by taking a small, self-centered soul and depicting its fussy quirks with well-seasoned finesse, has converted her into an entertaining dramatic study...