Word: rippingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...want a rip-snorter in the presidency. The place needs to be galvanized, and we've had enough theologians," he said...
Harvard's ability to run depends to a large extent on its ability to pass. Qurterback Rod Foster will not continue to rip off six yards a carry on roll-outs if he doesn't start completing more passes. It is possible that Eric Crone would be a more effective quarterback against the Elis. A much better passer than Foster, Crone might have a chance to exploit a Yale defensive secondary that does not compare to the Yale line. Harvard's ends have been open all season, and they'll probably be open again Saturday...
...offensive line snapped out of its Columbia game lethargy to open large holes in the Cornell line. Steve Harrison came back from a disappointing early season to rip off 127 yards and two touchdowns in 21 carriers. Ed Vena, an injured tackle who was not scheduled to start, and Steve Golden, a sophomore safety who had never started before, both turned in excellent performances to help the Crimson's defense contain Cornell's running game...
...popped to the infield. "What the hell," he complained, "I thought you Nieman Fellows were tough." One was reminded of a 300 hitter who, going 0-for-5 on a given night, charges the opposing pitcher with dealing in junkstuff: Mailer wanted a high, hard one he could rip over the Nieman fence. Nobody threw...
...police immediately planned a raid on the clapboard house. They alerted newsmen, then sent some 100 steel-helmeted officers to assault the building shortly after dawn. Shots of unknown origin were heard, and police opened fire with automatic rifles and shotguns. Some of the ammunition was powerful enough to rip through three rooms and emerge from the building's opposite wall. Police caught return fire, some from the building, other shots apparently from elsewhere in the project. The besieged were presumably saved from death or injury by sandbags they had piled against their walls. After 15 minutes of battle...