Word: sneakingly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was more of the same in the second half. Army scored twice on short bucks through center, once on a quarter-back sneak from the 2, and once on a pass covering 40 yards...
These were obvious moves and they were all based on the assumption that an atomic attack on the U.S. would come from the air. But military men would also have to face up to another possibility: a sneak attack could come even more devastatingly by sea. Defensive plans would have to be devised to cope with the possibility of atomic explosions set off from foreign ships riding at anchor in U.S. harbors...
Brooklyn, which as a rule has trouble finishing a game in less than three hours, was faced with the bizarre problem of starting a second game at 3:42 and trying to sneak in five innings before rain and darkness reduced the playing field to a London for scene. Had the Flock lost, it would have been the first time a game was lost by three minutes. Apparently it really started pouring immediately after the fifth inning, for a seeing eye dog from plate umpire Al Barlick reported to the press box with the intelligence that the game was hereby...
Despite a few false starts, Ivy Films has now signed contracts for complete world distribution of the film both for amateur and professional showings. Interest in the movie still unpreviewed by the public, has continued to mount ever since sneak showings back in February. At that time, Colliers and Life magazines both expressed interest in articles on the film club...
...loved art, collected El Grecos, Tintorettos and Rubenses. A genial man, he liked to play cards (skat) and drink beer, but usually had to sneak away from his strong-willed wife Pauline to do it. His favorite opera, he always said, was one he finished in 1923 called Intermezzo, the story of a musician and his termagant spouse...