Word: runner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bruins climb out of the second division in only one category: passing. With two halfbacks who average less than four yards a carry, Brown understandably prefers to throw the bell more than any other team in the League (an average of 38 times per game). Brown's only decent runner. Gary Bonner, flunbed out for the second time this year...
Later in the film, Billie's lover, Louis McKay (Billy Dee Williams), a suave Harlem numbers-runner promises her that he will always stay with her. And he does: throughout her long concert tours, imprisonment and addiction, he remains loyal. His constancy is ironic when compared to Holliday's actual experiences. Most of his maudlin lines are delivered to a slushy background of Michel LeGrand music. This combination of irony and inappropriateness is believable only because of Williams's acting; he somehow manages to deliver his lines so that his character seems strong. This strength, however, makes Billie by contrast...
Princeton will also provide Foster with a chance to redeem himself. In his new role as fullback and kick returner. Foster has been playing atrociously. There is no excuse for a runner like Foster averaging less than 15 yards a kick-off return. Against Princeton. Restic plans to counter the Tigers' strong front four rush with some special fullback plays, and he intends to give Foster a chance to make them go. He said "chance" in a tone of voice that intimated "last chance...
...Rojas, the Crimson's premier runner, look individual honors but Princeton's balanced team placed five runners in the top ten finishers to grab the Main Memorial Trophy...
...Drew Mearns Quirk, Vander Kraats and Good Mearns finished ahead of all but Rojas Friday. He is the top performer and possibly the only legitimate threat for Yale. Quirk beat out Vander Kraats in the stretch drive at the Heps, coming from behind to finish ahead of the Princeton runner...