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Word: quick (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...what promises to be a high scoring contest, the varsity will struggle against the single wing, an outmoded anachronism in this age of the quick opening T formations. With the proper personnel, however, it is a formation capable of moving slowly but inflexibly towards the goal line through any opposition...

Author: By Alexander Finley, | Title: Crimson Challenges Slightly Favored Tigers; 35,000 Expected to Attend Last Home Game | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

...wood. With the great crowds that football and baseball attracted the weak wooden stands were no longer safe. And there was the ever-present danger of fire. The H.A.A. had a crew of firemen and often a fire engine at every contest. During the spring of 1903, only the quick thinking of an usher avoided disaster when a section of the grandstand caught fire during a baseball game. The heroic usher restrained a panicked spectator from spreading the alarm through the packed stands...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Nation's Oldest Stadium Has Colorful Past | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

With a tough forward wall, led by McGugan and Graham Russell, and a strong lineout, the three quarters can expect to be in control of the ball for a large part of the game. They hope to stop Princeton by the quick penetration and sure tackling of wing-forwards Ted Frembgen and Dick Holmes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rugby Squads to Seek Revenge In Games With Princeton Today | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

...least three other University faculties, following the vote of Arts and Sciences yesterday, plan quick action on the NDEA loyalty issue. Today, the Graduate School of Education will discuss three alternative resolutions, prepared for the meeting by a five-man faculty committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 3 Graduate Schools Plan NDEA Action | 11/4/1959 | See Source »

...score 8 to 0 when he grabbed a pass and scampered 20 yards to the goal line. This was the only time during the afternoon when wing forward Jack Butterfield failed to convert. Holmes ended the half as he fell on the ball in the end zone after a quick dribbling rush...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rugby Team Tops NYRC | 11/3/1959 | See Source »

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