Word: tailwind
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Down just 7-0 at the half, Restic still had time to resurrect his running game, but a fumble on the second half kickoff let Yale surge to a 14-0 advantage. Anxious to use the big tailwind, Restic ordered Buckley to throw in the third quarter; it didn't work. And by the time Harvard had wrested the ball from the ball-control Yale offense. Buckley had to go to the air again because time was running out. Besieged by a huge Yale pass rush (which could afford to blitz because it was not worried by the still-frail...
...Tsomides, a sophomore in the high-pressure position of cox, said yesterday the shell had difficulty in the near-perfect--calm water, slight tailwind--conditions...
Rebounding from last week's defeat at the hands of Boston University, the lights came back, aided by a tailwind and a strong downstream current, to cross the finish line in a strong 5:22.0, a convincing 5.4 seconds before Williams, their closest competitor...
After watching their opponent's shell crash into a sailboat and send two sailors sprawling into the Charles, the Radcliffe lightweight crew survived a strong tailwind, sleet, an abbreviated course, a busted rigger and numbing cold only to lose narrowly to the UNH heavyweight varsity Saturday morning...
While we suspend disbelief, we also hold back cynicism. We glide in Bridy's tailwind, tramp behind Al and Birdy through a series of touching, painful and often hilarious boyhood adventures, and we dodge mines and shells with Al as he takes on the Germans. Along the way, Al discovers that his muscle is a front hiding a fearful but honest man-boy. Birdy confronts his birdness and slowly lets it migrate from...