Word: shifted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Both scores were made possible by these latest additions to Team A. Wells' pass to Cheek paved the way for Litman to go over the first touchdown, and Litman's and Wells' running propensities accounted for the second. It looked as if Coach Casey's radical late-season shift was good medicine and resorted shattered hopes for a clinching victory over Yale next Saturday. The new left side of the forward wall didn't quite come up to expectations and Kopans was called back in a hurry after he had given way to Burton, but the whole team was clicking...
Cedric Janien was the center of the latest shift in the Varsity lineup when he was moved onto the A team at fullback, and his name was added to the list of candidates for that position...
With the temperature on Soldiers Field ranging between 15 and 20 degrees above zero, the coaches decided not to take any chances with the players by working them outdoors and the practice was held in the Briggs Cage. This shift of scene don't hamper the squad, however, for Casey gave the team a hard workout. There was scrimmage for the A team with four coaches as opposition when assignment work was stressed. Then the Jayvees were brought in and gave a demonstration of Brown plays under the supervision of Scout Wesley Fesler. The final touch...
...yearling and giving its pronunciation. The pronunciation is correct but you are mistaken as to the meaning of the word. It does not signify a yearling but means any young animal that has lost its mother in the nursing period and is either reared by hand or left to shift for itself. It may be applied to a calf, a horse, or a lamb. The animal usually shows its lack of proper nourishment, being pot-bellied with a dull lustreless coat and a general appearance of undernourishment. The word is also used as an adjective, the term "dogied...
...been writing novels that read like autobiographies (Some Do Not, No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up, The Last Post). Now he has written an autobiography that reads like a novel. In It Was the Nightingale he has "employed every wile known to me as novelist-the time-shift, the progression d'effet, the adaptation of rhythms to the pace of the action." Author Ford's well-known three-dotty style is not likely to attract many new 'readers at this late date. But his faithful followers will find the entertainment they expect, though they...