Word: seesaws
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Truth was that the Popular Front, like Republican Spain, represented the Leftmost swing of the political pendulum in Europe. But the Right became stronger and more determined. Franco won in Spain, the Old Bolsheviks were purged in Russia, in France the Popular Front fell. And Britain's seesaw diplomacy floundered Europe into war, with France tied to Britain's tail...
...game started out to be a seesaw affair, and up till 16 to 16 neither team could get a lead. The Ed Buckley and Sam White sank foul shots, Bud Finegan dropped a goal from under the basket, and Charley Lutz dribbled through the Yale defense to score, and Harvard was out in front by six points. A moment latter Buckley and Franny Simpson scored again and the margin went up to eight. The score at the half kept this lead intact...
...Seesaw Fight...
...second half continued to be a seesaw battle down to the last moment, when Princeton led, 33 to 30. With only 30 seconds to go Charley Lutz sank a long shot to bring the Crimson up to within a point of tying the score...
...capacity crowd of nearly 1,000 had almost shouted itself hoarse before the second event began, the reason being the harrowing, seesaw, 300-yard medley relay tie between Harvard's Bosworth, Waldron, and Stowell and Dartmouth's O'Mara, Potter, and Wilhelmy. The time was 3:04.2, a new Dartmouth record...