Word: pounding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pound sophomore was the first string fullback on Henry Lamar's freshman squad last fall...
...mythical projectile, described in some ordnance circles as two pounds of cooked oatmeal in a one-pound sack...
...would soon revalue their currency upwards. Reason: the trade position of Canada and the sterling area countries has greatly improved in the last year. As a result, the Canadian dollar, selling for 90? of the U.S. dollar, would be placed on a par with it; the value of the pound would be increased to around $3 from the current $2.80. The British government denied the rumor; the Canadians were...
...Yale linemen, strong on the flanks, consistently outcharged their heavier opponents (the average weight of the Yale line is 187 the Brown line, 201). Defensively, all the Bruin strength lay in the right side of the line. Guard John Chernak, great tackle, team captain Lloyd Hill, and 220-pound end Frank Powers held up so well that Pastazuk, throwing passes, kept all his backfield protection to his left. He was seldom harried from the unprotected right side...
Anyone glancing down the list and finding there such names as "Roscoe Pound" and "James B. Conant" should chuckle amusedly. For Dean Pound recently voiced his approval of the University of California's loyalty oath, and President Conant, along with nineteen other leading educators, urged last year that Communists be banned from teaching...