Word: slowed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Rifais or "howling" dervishes, who inflicted wounds upon themselves and were sometimes ritually trampled under horses' hoofs. In contarst, the Mevlevi dervishes were no holy-rolling orgiasts. With serenity and calm, dressed in tall, conical hats and flowing black robes, they spun round and round, some fast, some slow, rapt in concentration, some of them murmuring "Allah, Allah" over and over again, whirling themselves into ecstasy. The pattern of their dance was said to represent outwardly the movements of the planets and inwardly the movement of the soul...
Wilt's home-town rooters were more than satisfied. The asparagus stalk they used to know has developed into an extraordinarily graceful giant. When his slow-starting teammates let St. Joseph's sneak into a first-half lead (26-23), Wilt took command, collected passes from all over the court, and showed his familiar skill at dunking scores. On defense, his long arms wove a screen in front of St. Joseph's basket. With time to regain their poise before the Wilt-worshiping crowd, Wilt's teammates turned to, added 35 points to Wilt...
...Lawrence, on the other hand, had two excellent forward lines that set up their plays very well indeed and kept a constant stream of shots directed at the Crimson goaltender. Cleary's reflexes looked very slow on a number of shots, especially in the first seven minutes of the second period when he let in three St. Lawrence goals without making one stop...
...After a slow start, varsity center Bryant Danner and Captain Dick Woolston gained control of the boards, and dominated the rebounding until they were removed in the last half. Griff McClellan, while lacking Danner's finesse, used his height to maintain the varsity's rebounding advantage...
Before the game Coach Cooney Weiland commented that he thought he had solved the team's biggest problem, slow backchecking. during recent practice sessions. The sextet's performance last night proved this...