Word: spinned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this set-up, of course, the quarterback is the most important operator. Odell's quarterback will fake, spin and fade directly to his rear as opposed to the more usual "T" ball-handler, who will step off to the right behind his guards and tackles...
Every detail of Dick Harlow's system--every block, spin, loop, and fake--received a thorough going-over yesterday afternoon, when the Varsity perfected its plans for stopping the Yale attack on Saturday and polished a few offensive tricks...
...outside Tours. He had a very beautiful Bugatti racing car which was kept in the peak of condition by a French mechanic. I was . . . pretty horrified by the fact that the car was lubricated with castor oil. O'Neill used to take the car put for a daily spin during which he drove it at very high speeds along the crown of the straight French roads. That was the Bugatti's only purpose. There was another car for the purpose of transportation...
...when your act follows the star attraction, can be applied to Hollywood's expansion of the story. Hemingway is very "hard to follow." That Producer Mark Hellinger and Siodmak manage to do as well as they have is sufficient tribute to their skill. Employing no big name actors, they spin out a tautly wound picture which is very tough without the meaningless piling up of horror on horror that has plagued such productions as "The Big Sleep." Starting with the fact of the Swede's murder, the picture by a series of flashbacks tells the story...
...answer to the roll call: "Pennsylvania casts 75 votes for General Edward Martin." The vote, as everyone knew, was just a maneuver. Pennsylvania came around to Curtis when the Pennsylvania bosses got what they wanted frolri the National Committee. But it gave Ed Martin his first brief and tentative spin into the national scene...