Word: signal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Representatives paused, in late September of 1789, to consider whether it should declare a national day of thanksgiving. Congressman Elias Boudinot of New Jersey thought it should. He introduced a resolution asking President Washington to proclaim a day in which the people might acknowledge, "with grateful hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God." There was immediate opposition. Congressman Thomas Tucker, wary of the threat of Big Government, declared that the House "had no business to interfere in a matter which did not concern them." Added he: "Why should the President direct the people to do what, perhaps, they have...
...Harvard signal-caller Brown knows the ropes, though, and he knew that a quick score was needed. And he went...
MacLeod played quarterback as a freshman and was still adamant on being a signal caller as a sophomore "until I realized that I would be ninth out of ten quarterbacks." The coaching staff wanted him to switch back to safety. MacLeod, however, decided to play defense, and that his true vocation was split...
Many individuals merit credit, including Beling, the defensive signal caller, but perhaps the biggest surprise was Jacobs. He was the safety who was called upon to shut down the pitch and time and time again he dropped Penn's Denis Grosvenor and Ron Gray for losses on the right side...
Polillio was shoved out of bounds eight yards from the endzone, but Brown eventually took it over himself on a keeper from one yard out. With signal-caller Brown running the offense with the precision of a Swiss watchmaker, the Crimson swarmed back into the lead for the first time since the opening half...