Word: rushes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...frustrating win, with 16 penalties setting back the Crimson a total of 118 yds., and a missing-in-action pass rush allowing Columbia's drop-back passer, sophomore John Witkowski, plenty of time to hum aerials to either flat...
...while the offense was taking one step back for every two forward, the defense--despite the weak pass rush--was holding tough, limiting top Lion rusher Joe Cabrera to 20 yards on ten carries...
...front five didn't pass rush effectively (no sacks and very little penetration all day), they were superb at stopping Cabrera, who ran for 597 yards a year ago, and pesky sophomore Jim McHale. Middle guard Scott Murrer (five tackles and three assists) and lineman Tom Clark and Pierre Sauve led the way, while sophomore Azelby--pressed into action when Stinn suffered a concussion on the fifth play from scrimmage--made four tackles and picked off a pass to snuff a Columbia drive...
...Battery's down. And so it seemed last Wednesday, when the battery ran down again in Manhattan. This time the lights went out from the Battery to Wall Street through Greenwich Village and as far north as 42nd Street. The blackout came just before rush hour when a substation transformer exploded. On Wall Street, the looting was lighter than usual; the stock exchanges had to close early. The streets around Macy's and Gimbels were packed with evicted shoppers. Only the dead tired knew Brooklyn, as thousands of stranded straphangers hoofed across the bridge. Power was restored before...
...however, has been in serious doubt since the last century. As North America's largest land bird, the condor has always made a seductively easy target. Indians prized its tough, 2-ft.-long feathers; 19th century hobbyists collected condor eggs, which could fetch $300. During the 1849 gold rush, its hollow quill feathers, waterproof and ½ in. in diameter, were favored as gold-dust containers. Even after the condor became a federally protected species in 1963, farming and development continued to destroy its habitat. Where condors once flourished by the thousands, all the way from Canada to Baja California...