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Word: playing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Plastered over billboards, on the face of a thousand campaign posters, repeated many times daily over radio and television, this catchy play-on-words has caught the voters' attention. Asked to define a "power politician," Collins called him "one interested in helping himself rather than the city, who has a big campaign chest, and who in the final days of the campaign will try to submerge the issues under a flood of newspaper advertisements and radio-television appearances...

Author: By Craig K. Comstock and Claude E. Welch jr., S | Title: Boston's Campaign: A Pun Against a Promise | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

Hedreen and McCall also may not play the entire contest. If Hedreen defects, Ekpebu may play center, or Keith Lowe may come in. Pete Savage, Bill Driver, and Bill King are all excellent substitutes, but none can replace McCall, whom Munro calls "the best halfback I know...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Football, Soccer Squads to Face Penn Today | 10/31/1959 | See Source »

...backfield is symbolic of Penn's success this year. Composed entirely of seniors, the group has worked together for three seasons cision generally absent in Ivy League play...

Author: By Alexander Finley, | Title: Penn Eleven Favored Over Crimson | 10/31/1959 | See Source »

...obviously superior team, it may well underestimate the Crimson's strength and ease up for a respite from the grueling contest with the Midides. More or less on the bottom of the league, the Crimson could do itself a tremendous service by winning. To win, the team must play football vastly superior to what it has shown in its earlier games, and the encouraging factor is that the team is certainly capable of such improvement. To rise to the challenge and knock off the recognized giant of the League would give an incalculable lift to the team's confidence...

Author: By Alexander Finley, | Title: Penn Eleven Favored Over Crimson | 10/31/1959 | See Source »

Against Dartmouth, the varsity showed no improvement. In fact, the spirit seemed to reach a low point for the season, as crucial blocks again and again fell down, and the needed yardage was missed. This kind of play is not indicative of the team's potential, and must be stopped if there is to be improvement...

Author: By Alexander Finley, | Title: Penn Eleven Favored Over Crimson | 10/31/1959 | See Source »

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