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Word: slots (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Yale coach Jordan Olivar lacked experienced halfbacks and tackles, and had only one veteran for the quarterback slot. That one--Dick Winterbauer--has proved sufficient, however. Saturday, he moved into the total-offense lead in the League on the strength of 206 yards gained on 31 plays. He threw 14 completed passes, two of which went for touchdowns...

Author: By Fred E. Arnold, | Title: Lining Them Up | 11/21/1957 | See Source »

...passing was the main factor in the upset of Princeton, but Yale's use of a man in motion, along with a trailer back, baffled the Tigers and gave the Bulldogs an added boost. Yale alternated between the slot-T and the straight-T formations for the first time Saturday, following the pattern the Crimson had employed against the Tigers with some success...

Author: By Fred E. Arnold, | Title: Lining Them Up | 11/21/1957 | See Source »

...managed to be pretty funny in his new role, although doubtless not as comical as the fellow his practical jokers once threw into a lake, alive, weighted down with slot machines. At 55, Al was ripe for the part; he had grown rich, fleshy, imperious and sentimental on the rewards of death. He wore the big tipper's air of assurance as he walked into the bright, mirrored, roomy barber shop and ordered a haircut; he closed his eyes contentedly as he felt the clippers on his thick neck. He was completely oblivious of two dark, sallow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Laughing Matter | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

...tracked down the story behind it and found that Miss Jomes worked a steam-iron at the Acme Laundry in Eastpox, N.J. Last year, while ironing a shirt belonging to Laundry Mark x428Fy, she had noticed a small piece of paper protruding from the slot on the collar. Curious, she pulled it out and read: "Whoever you are, I love the way you press my shirts. I think I may love you too. Interested?" She blushed, but daringly wrote her answer--"Interested, sorta," and slipped it in the collar-slot. Ten days later came another shirt from x428Fy and, sure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOVE IN THE LAUNDRY | 11/2/1957 | See Source »

There are, however, several complicating factors. "We're in awfully tough shape," says Penn coach Steve Sebo, and that sums up the situation quite accurately. Barney Beringer will be absent from his right end slot and Tony Capuano will not be available for duty at left guard Both were starters against Navy last week...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Penn Win Expected Today; Injuries Sideline Stahura | 11/2/1957 | See Source »

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