Word: signal
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...March 18, as usual, an advance guard of several hundred swallows winged in from the ocean, circled the Mission, flew back to sea. Happy at that yearly signal were the Mission brothers engaged in digging and watering a big mudhole from which the birds would draw material to repair their hard-baked, saucer-shaped nests. Next dawn a crowd gathered on the Mission grounds, all eyes peering out to sea. Sure enough, sharp at 5:56 a. m., 40 minutes after sunrise, a lowering cloud appeared on the horizon, grew bigger and bigger until it all but blotted...
Since investigation showed that the field was in good condition, the practice was held outside for the first time. This move made it easier for the coaches to handle the large squad, and to divide it up into teams for a long signal drill. Kicking was also tried for the first time...
Harder blocking, faster starting, and more deceptive running by the backs characterized the practice. The session closed with a short signal drill...
...charts showed that the great bull bond market of the 1920s turned its crest early in 1928 when the real "boom" still had a year and a half to run. But even if bond buyers overlooked that last week, they could not, and did not, overlook two ominous signals from Washington. One was President Roosevelt's observation in his fireside talk that "the dangers of 1929 are again becoming possible, not this week or month but within a year or two." The other signal was that the last official caller at the White House before the President packed...
...last fifteen minutes of the practice were spent on a signal drill. Three teams picked at random ran through a few of the simpler plays with an ease unusual for a first session...