Word: quickly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first down placing the ball on his 45-yard line. Here, for some unknown reason, Felton was called on to send a 50-yard punt down the field, thus giving Holy Cross the ball for the first time. She managed to gain about 20 yards by means of quick shifts and fake kicks, but was penalized for off-side play. A wide end run was tried to get back the lost distance but the ball was fumbled, to be recovered by Parmenter off the field. Another march began and placed the ball on the 3-yard line, from where Wendell...
...design is unique in that the boat does not leave a wake, sufficient to disturb an eight-oared crew, even when the launch is running at high speed. The bows flare out rather sharply over the surface of the water just above the waterline and give a quick rotary motion to the bow wash, casting the water under the boat, while the broad, almost flat-bottomed stern has the effect of smoothing the water out and leaves a broad shallow furrow in its wake. By combining, thus, speed and easy handling in a boat so constructed that it is able...
...local college, or a large university is best suited to his particular needs. For the cities and towns it is of great importance to have the boys who are going to college scatter widely, in order that they may come back with a variety of views and interests to quick-on the life of their towns...
...demonstrate conclusively the products of perfect training plus natural ability. It is generally conceded that the fight for second place will be between the fortnightly quill wielders and the followers of the Muse. Few sporting authorities expect the joke-smiths to finish; if, however, they are as quick on their feet as they are in amassing millions from quasi-effective advertising, the enigmatic aggregation from Mt. Auburn street may spring a surprise...
Nowadays the plot of a musical comedy is hard beset by two perils: it is either spun out from one idea, which gets rather frayed toward the end, or is pared down to the quick from the story of the original. This latter is evidently the case with "The Man from Cook's." But though the piece does fall rather weakly into the position of a showcase for gems of song, its framework is given as high a polish as it can stand in the elaborate production of Messrs. Klaw and Erlanger, and it is refreshingly sweet and clean after...