Word: pivots
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...defense of Berlin, of Leipzig and Munich was a beaten, confused, retreating mass that could turn to fight only in knots of resistance. The last hope of the Nazi command seemed to be only this : abandon the north-south defense of Germany as speedily as possible and pivot to hold the southern bastion of the Bavarian Alps for a final, suicidal defense...
...regulars forced out of action by illness and injuries, it was a completely revamped lineup that Coach Stahl selected to face Brown. Bill Jenkins, his choice to fill in for Captain Mike Keene at center, carried off the losers' scoring honors for the evening with 17 points, the husky pivot man making seven of his 14 foul tries...
Bloomer Girl. Stylish, Civil War costume musical, with costumes the pivot of the plot (TIME...
...visitors concentrated in the first half on feeding Bach in under the basket with set-ups which the Bruin pivot man was flipping in from all angles. Halftime score was Brown 39, Harvard...
...east side of the Danube, where Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky had been wheeling on the pivot of Budapest, a new battle was announced with a flourish of Moscow's victory guns. This-the Battle of the Danube Bend-began with a large force bypassing Budapest and swinging around the knee of the great river north of Hungary's capital. Overrunning deeply staggered German defense lines built along canals and streams, the Russians captured Vac, 15 miles above Budapest, flung their right wing as far north as the Slovakian border...