Word: snap
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With one out and a man on first, Dave Johnson (who, incidentally, is the same Dave Johnson who punted for Cornell this fall and returned a muddy snap 78 yards to ruin Harvard's football season) hit a line drive off Bingham's globe into right field for a double. An intentional walk to Ken Venema loaded the sacks, and a wild pitch by starter Steve Baloff unloaded them and made...
Brown seized the early advantage with a quick snap of his wrist, but Rubenstein, the fans' choice, held him off. Muscles bulged and Rubenstein's face turned bright red but neither arm moved. Finally Brown wore down Rubenstein and his defeated arm came smashing down...
...more technique than strength," according to Paul Sablock '79. Chris Ecker '78, who went far among the biggies, had it all figured out. "There are two things. Get down on the person really quick, snap really quick. You got to pull in at the same time...
...snap press conference, he stressed that because the talks will continue in May, it cannot be said they have collapsed. Carter also argued that the Soviets refused to accept the American package because they "simply need more time" to consider it. A senior British diplomat in London agrees: "It would have been most unusual for the Soviets to react positively the first time the Carter people put their proposals on the table." But did the Russians have to react so negatively? Why, moreover, did they not ask for more time to study the U.S. options? To these questions, Administration spokesmen...
...Apparently, this guy was a superb practice punter, but when it came to games he always shanked his kick. He choked under the pressure of charging linemen anxious to tear his head off. In his sessions with the football player, Sampson would run through each detail of a typical snap and kick, recreating the trauma that the punter would experience during a game. With the aid of Sampson's suggestions under hypnosis, the punter began to visualize a perfectly kicked ball sailing yard after yard, regardless of gowling rushers. Thereafter, the football player could psyche himself into a similar depth...