Word: successful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...field along that line and, when at the right distance made the signal to the Harvard center to snap the ball, the ball was passed and the goal kicked before the Yale players, and almost before the Harvard men grasped the true significance of the situation. Kennard's success crowned perhaps the most persistent training on one feature of the game ever gone through by an individual, for he had practiced drop-kicking for months until he had the trick worked into a fine...
Harvard, to be sure, is none too powerful. The Crimson has a strong running and lateral passing attack, but lacks the forward passing threat that is essential to make the running offense a distinct success. It is fairly easy to come up and stop running plays when you know your opponents can't complete forwards...
...Hoover man is not a single type. What makes him a Hoover man is that so many of him have been chosen with such uniform success, that so many of him have credited their success to the confidence and co-operation of "the Chief." A Hoover man is usually a recognized expert in his line before he qualifies for work in that line under Hoover. He is usually an expert with creative theories of his own, or enthusiasm for Hoover theories, besides technical knowledge. He is likely to be an idealist with a social aim, rather than a practitioner...
Since the new President of Argentina, Hipolito Irigoyen, is a fiery Laborite (TIME, Oct. 22), his inauguration was hailed by the potent longshoremen's unions of Buenos Aires as favorable to the success of their strike (TIME...
...workout was largely devoted to the development of an effective aerial attack. Different passing combinations were tried and worked with varying success, but no definite conclusions were reached by the coaches. The lineup which will face Hole Cross this week-end is still as problematical as it was after Saturday's encounter with Pennsylvania...