Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hustle and accurate shooting that has enabled the Crimson to come from behind to win its previous games with second-half bursts ought to be enough to win, and the home team must rule as the favorite...
...seeing your entire team and student body at the Sugar Bowl." A spokesman for the governor indicated that he was having some second thoughts about the Sugar Bowl game. One of Georgia Tech's regents predicted that the board would back Griffin and adopt for future seasons a rule against playing under unsegregated conditions. But the 1956 Sugar Bowl game would be played as scheduled, "just this once...
Slowly, gate receipts went up. Halas was always ready to help please the customers. His teams opened up the game by revising the "T" formation and adding a man-in-motion. Then George jazzed things some more by engineering a couple of rule changes: goal posts were moved from back of the end zone to the goal line, forward passes were made legal from any point behind the line of scrimmage. It was easy enough to rewrite the rule book: George, among other things, was chairman of the rules committee...
...Philippines. After the ninth ballot, on October 19, Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., moved to postpone the Security Council election and procede to elections for the Economic and Social Council. His tactic was obvious and Russia objected. Yugoslavia was also a candidate for ECOSOC, and according to an unwritten rule, if elected, it could not then serve on the Security Council. Despite objections, however, the Assembly voted, and Yugoslavia was elected with U.S. support. But lined up against the United States were Britain and the Commonwealth countries, the three Scandinavian states, the Benelux countries, as well as Israel, India...
This unwritten rule, however, has been disregarded, and Yugoslavia is still a Security Council candidate. After 29 ballots, the deadlock continues, no compromise candidate has appeared and the Assembly's President is gravely concerned. The Assembly is scheduled to adjourn next week, and the terms of the present non-permanent Council members expire December 31. If one seat remains unfilled, "serious juridical obstacles" might arise. At the next voting, the President will probably call for continuous balloting until the required two-thirds majority supports one candidate...