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Word: pivots (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Willie Buchanan, San Diego State, 6 ft. 1 in., 179 Ibs. Though he needs more experience in man to man coverage, the scouts consider Ellis "the kind of solid hitter who intimidates pass receivers." The same goes for Buchanon, a "sure tackier who can pivot and backpedal with amazing quickness." He is such a "superb athlete," says one report, "that he has never been fully tested by college receivers. They just stayed away from him." Rated a shade behind these two prospects is Craig demons, Iowa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: TIME'S All-America Team: The Pick of the Pros | 12/20/1971 | See Source »

...lesser Picasso, of course, is still better than many a lesser man's best, and the conventional response is that Picasso may yet surprise us. Perhaps, but the likelihood dwindles, and in any case it no longer matters: the issue of final greatness in art does not pivot on surprise but rather on its opposite-the authority of the still center. You cannot invade history, as Picasso has done, without some idea of what to do with it, and Picasso's aim rarely faltered. It was to reconcile history with Eros, to live as both gratified savage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Anatomy of a Minotaur | 11/1/1971 | See Source »

Promised Land. On the ice, Orr has both blinding speed and a diverse repertory of shifty moves. Skating at full steam, he will suddenly come to a dead stop in front of a startled defender. Then, without losing the puck, he can pivot in a full circle and either flip a backhand pass to a teammate or bolt around the defender. In a variation on the classic give-and-go of basketball, he will lob a lazy pass across the blue line to the center, then streak for the net in time to receive the return pass and slap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Icehouse Gang | 4/19/1971 | See Source »

Quarterback Joe Massey was one of those who sat out the Princeton game. The decision not to use him came just before game time when he was unable to pivot on his injured...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Injuries Hurt Yale Bulldogs | 11/17/1970 | See Source »

...African Methodist Episcopal Church, the AME Zion Church, the Presbyterian Church in the U. S., and the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church into a 25-million member Church of Christ Uniting. The other would merge the Episcopal Church with the Roman Catholic Church. Thus, the Episcopal Church stands as the pivot for the possible creation of a single church within Christendom of mind-boggling size and implications...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law and the Kingdom Church and State-Rush to Judgment | 11/5/1970 | See Source »

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