Word: slantingly
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...hard he hits, first by a shrewd high school coach, later by Ohio State's notorious Woody Hayes, and finally by the Raiders. If he has done his job too well, the rules of the game are partly at fault, Tatum insists, and he proposes reforms: banning quick slant-in passes that leave receivers little running room, zone defenses that give a Tatum too much time to zero in on his target, and linebacker blitzes that take a heavy toll on quarterbacks. As for the spirit of the game that he so crassly violates, he can hardly be excused...
...told, signifies "the inseparable relationship between the media and the government"--and then assumes that such a relationship will turn cozy and manipulative, the press serving as lackey to the caprices of politicians. When the Red Threat loomed large in the '50s, the press (as Davis shows) did undoubtedly slant its news--not because it wished to gratify those in power, but in a misguided attempt to serve the national interest. Yet a press that now questions, if not attacks, every move of its leaders, bears little resemblance to its timid predecessor. The Fourth Estate has mushroomed into an institution...
After four consecutive running plays and a first down, the Big Red struck into Harvard territory with a quick slant pass over the middle from Mike Tanner to tight end Paul Goodberlet...
...drive then died--again with a Harvard miscue--as Paul Connors fumbled the handoff from Lahti on a slant right. Cornell's Mike Cobb jumped on it at the Harvard 45. The Big Red proceeded to roll once again, racking up big rushing yardage. An incomplete Ryan-to-Decker first-down toss at the Harvard 25 again brought out kicker Rejda for the field goal try. But this time he missed from 32 yards...
...department was born in 1969 in a direct response to student demands that the University offer an opportunity to study history from a black perspective. Afro-American studies has something unique to offer: years of studying the past from a Euro-American slant can be balanced with a different and generally neglected perspective...