Word: runner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Allen has demonstrated that he is a tough, slashing runner and a punishing blocker--when he is healthy. But last year, after working himself into the fullback picture, he got injured in pre-season and saw little action. If he can stay well he can go a long way toward solving Restic's fullback problems...
...inconsistency. Holt's strong arm makes him a better long passer than Stoeckel, and he is not afraid to put the football in the air. Last year Holt completed 13 of 26 passes for 172 yards and one touchdown in late game appearances. The Hawaiian native is a good runner with power and speed, but will probably play second fiddle to Stoeckel this year...
DiLorenzo, a hard-driving, loud-talking, self-styled populist, has been running on a platform of "fighting for the people," and is considered the front-runner. He made a name for himself in East Boston fighting expansion of East Boston and fighting urban renewal...
...getaway activity, he seems to accelerate with the speed of a race car suddenly shifted into high gear. At the A.A.U. relays last May in Fresno, Calif., Williams tied the world record (9.1 sec.) in the 100-yd. dash; five weeks later, in Bakersfield, he became the first runner in 13 years to win both the 100 and the 220 in an A.A.U. championship. Last week in Turin, Italy, he swept past the best of Italian competitors to a first-place finish in the 200-meter race...
...Philadelphia, a gang is called a "corner," and a gang leader is a "runner" or a "checkholder." Smokey, aged 19, dressed in a flaming red shirt and matching narrow-brimmed hat, is the runner of the Montgomery corner, and he is expecting trouble from the Norris Avenue corner, whose turf is just across Berks Street. "I keep everybody together, plan any action we might take," he explains coolly. Just then a corner member, who looks to be no more than nine or ten, points a finger and yells: "Three dudes coming up. Looks like warrin' time." As the three...