Word: signal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...signal-caller threw a desperation lateral toward Taylor on the right sideline, but junior defensive back Rocky Delgadillo, having read the play, stepped in front of the halfback, tapped the ball in the air and grabbed it. Ninety-three yards later, Rocky had the third longest interception return in Harvard history, Harvard had a 7-0 lead, and Cornell had massive indigestion--no one, it seems, can feed off of this year's Harvard defense...
...Says Les Francis, Carter's national field director: "We're not spending that kind of money on a whim. The state is winnable." Scoffs Dean Burch, George Bush's top aide: "I think Carter is smoking dope on California." If Reagan should lose California, it would signal a nationwide collapse. Without his home state, Reagan's candidacy is almost unthinkable: it is California or bust. A September survey by Independent Pollster Mervin Field gave him a comfortable lead over Carter of 39% to 29%, with Anderson...
Restic says the Big Red's number one signal-caller, Mike Ryan, probably only suffered a bruise last week, and he figures Cornell coach Bob Blackman wants the emotional lift of bringing in a supposedly injured star at the last minute. Restic adds, with a little scorn for this pre-game bluster: "I would be very surprised if Ryan doesn't start...
...Lord Jeffs converted another Harvard mix-up into their second score 15 minutes into the second half. Crimson goalie Phil Coogan misread a defender's signal and came out of the net to stop the play, but ended up just missing the ball...
...that move did not signal a departure from the University's effective investment policy, Walter M. Cabot '55, president of Harvard Management Company, said this week. "We expect to make a lot of money in it," he explained...