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Word: sneaks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Administration. The at tack reached its peak on the day before the election in Minneapolis and again that night in Boston. Harshly, he charged that Dwight Eisenhower neither knows nor cares what goes on about him in Washington, that he "holds forth in the pulpit while his choirboys sneak around back alleys with sandbags." He described Richard Nixon's campaign role as that of a man who "has put away his switch blade and now assumes the aspect of an Eagle Scout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LOSERS: Let There Be No Tears | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

...powers would ever win for Israel what they might win for themselves, the Israelis preferred to make their own way in the world. Said Ben-Gurion: "Israel will stand or fall by what is achieved in Israel." If desert settlers were to be protected from the endless sneak raids of Arab infiltrators, Israel must attend in its own way to its border security. Ben-Gurion returned early last year from the Negev desert to active duty as Defense Minister. Just eleven days later Israeli armed forces carried out a smash ing raid on the Gaza Strip, in reprisal for acts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: The Preventive War | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

...Relief Mission in Russia, denounced Communism bitterly on his return to the U.S., warned against disarmament, advocated universal military training after World War II, said (1950) that the U.S. would be "morally justified'' in starting a preventive A-bomb war if it had "moral certitude" that a sneak attack were imminent, called the Russian Revolution "the most important single political upheaval since the fall of the Roman Empire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 12, 1956 | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

Nine plays later, the Big Green had made the equalizer. A long pass from Brown to left end Dave Moss and a personal foul by Harvard--a 15-yard penalty--were the two big gainers. Brown himself scored on a quarterback sneak...

Author: By Andrew W. Bingham, | Title: Crimson Power on Ground Overcomes Indians, 28-21 | 10/29/1956 | See Source »

Fumbles also spoiled a last-minute attempt to score by both Kirkland and Adams. Kirkland marched from mid-field to the 15-yard line, where the quarterback fumbled on a sneak pass, which Adams recovered, but fumbled after two tries. A recovery and another fumble by Kirkland let Adams pick up the ball on the 20 with no time remaining...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gold-Coasters, Deacons Tie, 0-0; Dudley, Leverett Also Deadlocked | 10/11/1956 | See Source »

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