Word: steals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Cornell threatened to steal back the victory as they got three points on a try to close within two. But Domingue, whose long high kicks kept the Crimson out of trouble all day, iced the win with a penalty kick...
Comedy relief is supplied by a wilderness fantasy in which big brown bears chase chickens, steal honey and drive off in tractors. As ever, Cinerama achieves its surest effects in direct relation to its forward velocity, now hurtling along a snowy course with a fleet of troikas pulled by frenzied horses, now navigating with loggers on the turbulent Tisza River. The viewer may not feel that he has been through Russia, but he will almost certainly feel that Russia has been through...
...Iolanthe, Janet Walker acquits herself admirably; she sings beautifully and acts well. Jean' Taynton as the Fairy Queen is something of a ham, but a good ham is hard to come by, so who cares? Thomas Siegal would steal the show as Private Willis except that Lithgow has previously stolen it himself...
...Philly Dog, now bounding in from Philadelphia, is happy-go-lucky. It can be recognized, says Hy Lit, by its characteristic crouch, "sort of a break in the knees, like a guy on first base waiting to steal second." Dancers are also expected to clench their hands like paws and grapple with an invisible necktie, then place their hands behind the back in the "duck" position (palms outward). The dance, says one Philadelphia record promoter, evolved out of a "vulgar and risque" tail-wagging Kentucky dance called the Dog, which was banned in several cities. Says he: "The kids...
With six seconds left in the game, Havlicek, the hero of last year's playoffs, attempted his speciality, a steal of the pass-in-bounds. He fouled Robertson, for whom the pass was intended in the back-court, and the "the Big O" sank two foul shots to clinch the upset...