Word: takings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Brown seemed to take everyone by surprise. Joe Paterno's short pass to Frank Mahoney and his long one to Chuck Nelson covered 67 yards altogether, and it was a simple thing for Paterno to sneak over from the three-yard line...
...offense, Harvard's blocking was indecisive and in too many cases failed to take out the line-backer. Charlie Bryson, one of the backers-up, made a host of tackles. The willowy Mahoney and Bill Altieri, the other end, were also difficult to block...
...Limmer establishment works very much on the old world system, with the two sons, both unmarried, living at home and working with Papa and Mama in the shop. Peter Jr. estimates it would take one of them alone two full days to make a pair of boots. The shoes are easier and the Limmers can make about three pairs...
...upper is fitted to the "last" with repeated stretching and tacking. From there, the steel sole shank and outer soles are applied and the heel is built up. Finally a corrugated rubber outer sole is applied and the finishing touches of grooving the heels and waterproofing all exposed stitching take place. The finished product is a perfectly fitted, ox-blood colored boot, resplendent with brass lacing hooks...
...high time, perhaps, that readers and reviewers take a positive attitude towards the Advocate. The tendency in the past has been to emphasize its rather obvious deficiencies and to overlook or underplay the genuine talent which now and then appears on its pages...