Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last minute correction of the score in the Dunster-Dudley game brought departing players back to play a three-minute overtime, after a successful ten-seconds-to-go shot by John Woods had apparently lifted the Commuters to within one futile point of a tie. A reconsideration of the tally sheet, however, revealed that the shot had actually tied up the game at 43 to 43. Dunster, brought back from victory for overtime, wasted no time and no shots, popping in six quick and decisive points to settle the issue...
When the first quarter ended, the crimson was on the short end of an 13 score. During the second quarter, sever, the team slowly closed the gap and toward the end of the period held short one point lead, 26-25. Shortly after the Huskies caught fire. Employing its breakaway plays they scored five wishes in a row and when the half-time buzzer sounded they held a 35-26 lead. After the half, Northeastern steadily Granded its lead by firing shorts into the Basket from all over the court. The crimson, meanwhile, unable to crack the Northeastern defense, resorted...
...been discussed at length throughout the past few weeks; strictly speaking, it would be illegal for Congress to obligate itself ahead of time to declare war in the event of a Russian invasion of western Europe. Senator Vandenberg and other exports, however, have found many loopholes in this technical point which make it clear that the United States can join the pact if it wants to. The question is: should...
Action began suddenly in the last quarter when the forty-niners completed three in a row. With two minutes of playing time left, sophomore forward Mary Brandt connected two in a series of long desperation shots. The seniors however, kept their two point lead at the close and added 25 more points for their class toward the all-sports intramural trophy...
...siege of Stalingrad is not only interesting tactically, but many historians and most of the captured German generals maintain that it was the actual turning point of the war. Theodor Plievier, a German left-wing writer who made his reputation in the 1920's with violent attacks on militarism and imperialism, wrote "Stalingrad" during the war, presumably in Russia and with Soviet blessing. The book was published in Berlin shortly after the end of the war, and has since sold over a million copies in Germany alone. Although it is slightly slanted to glorify the Russian Army and was extremely...