Word: strains
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Like the team itself, the attack line is strong at the ends and weak in the center, Dick Ames made first-string All-Ivy last year and led the team and the League in scoring. Together with veteran Ted Leary he should strain, the peripheral vision of enemy goalies. The only uncertainty is on the crease, where "Bo" Willard is competing with sophomores Steve Neubert and Keith Hutchinson...
Carlo Mantini, the superintendent, claimed that this problem had been solved by installing "de-super-heaters," which ease the strain on the pipes...
Across the U.S., college students faced exams or major papers before the spring-vacation break. And, as one Harvard man pointed out, "the more work a guy has, the harder he finds it to keep his hands off the dial." It puts a strain on the hard-core television watchers, the guys with "the habit," because t uninitiates are surging in for a tension break and the seats in front of private and public, are at more i premium...
...Couple part of the tough, sprawling sportswriter, Matthau for once has a role that, without strain fits him like an old pair of pants. In fact he wears a pair of his own on stage, marvelously purple dungarees that cost him 12? in Chinatown. Like Oscar in the play, Matthau is a natural-born lounger, poker fan and sports butt...
Dangerous speeds and forces develop quickly. If an astronaut is reeled in from 5,000 ft. away, he will speed up to 600 m.p.h. before he gets within 25 ft. of the ship, and the strain on his tether will rise to many tons. Assorted and intricate schemes have been suggested for the avoidance of this dangerous difficulty. But the day may come when an astronaut will break his tether and drift off into endless space because a comrade has reeled him in too fast...