Word: snap
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...with every fan on his feet, Penn lined up for the fourth down attempt, just five yards from the goal. The Quakers moved into a single-wing formation, and Riepl took the snap from center, and tossed a lofty pass to quarterback Ross, free on the goal line...
...Article 3b, on Eligibility to Catch a Pass, says: "Each player [is eligible] who is in an end position on the line of scrimmage and each player who is legally in his backfield and who is not in a position to receive a hand-to-hand snap from the center...
...issue in Canadian politics. Toward the close of the grueling, seven-month parliamentary session, St. Laurent seemed close to exhaustion. His political foes openly predicted that the Liberal chief would soon be forced to retire, and a few panicky members of his own party talked nervously of holding a snap election this autumn to cash in on St. Lau rent's potent vote-getting leadership before it was too late. But top Liberal strategists were more confident; all St. Laurent needed, they said, was a good vacation to be as vigorous as ever...
...Crimson soccer team will be more nearly matched than in the last few games when it meets Dartmouth at Hanover today, but there is some doubt as to whether the locals will be able to snap a four-game losing streak. Neither team has won an Ivy League contest...
Even without fuel injection, Chevy buyers will get plenty of snap in 1957. The company will offer no less than seven other engines, from a 140-h.p., six-cylinder model up to a 270-h.p. V-8 just a notch below the Corvette fuel-injection special. Another engineering change: a new "turbodrive" transmission for cars with the big engine, which combines a triple turbine and variable blades (like Buick's Dynaflow) for speedier getaway and better highway mileage. On bodies, Chevy spent some $50 million for a facelift: a new grille; higher, more sharply swept tail fins; a splashier...