Word: seesawing
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...Army on the First Army's right flank. It was disclosed that British armor had participated in the battle of Celles which decapitated the Nazi bulge short of the Meuse (TIME, Jan. 8). On the salient's western edge, the British 6th Airborne was now locked in seesaw battle...
...Horvath, 165-lb. Buckeye backfield wonder. Horvath, who turned down $6,000 a season with the Cleveland (pro) Rams in order to finish his Ohio State dental course, is the Big Nine's top ground-gainer with 669 yards. With his mates paving the way in a seesaw battle, he twice brought the Buckeyes from behind, scored their last two touchdowns. Final score: Ohio State 18, Michigan...
Coach Henry Lamar's outfit opened its season against a local rival, Tufts, in the first half of a home-and-home series. Sparked by speedy Marvin Jenkins, a Navy transfer from the Jumbos, the Crimson won, 19 to 12, in a seesaw battle. Although George Feldman's accurate passing for the losers was troublesome, the Crimson showed both offensive and defensive strength...
...pattern of the last two Presidential elections is repeated, either: 1) this is the President's low point and Republicans may not even carry Vermont in 1944, or 2) the President at the top of the seesaw can expect to be at the bottom on Election...
...either supine or prone) on a stretcher by gentle wrist and ankle bandages. The stretcher is placed upon a fulcrum, such as a sawhorse, if handy; if not, in a simple loop of rope secured overhead. Rocking is started, head and feet alternately down about 50 degrees, a complete seesaw every four or five seconds. British Surgeon Lieut. G. H. Gibbens suggests in the British Medical Journal: "It helps some people if they hum a tango or a slow tune, moving the stretcher at the beginning of each...