Word: teamwork
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Navy Cross), is smart and well liked, but has spent almost his entire service at sea or in overseas commands. Kimball hardly knew him. Fechteler he had come to know and admire when the admiral was Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (for personnel) after the war. In the close teamwork between CNO and Navy Secretary, old friends are best, especially if both are new at their jobs...
...Such teamwork pays big dividends. When Robinson won the middleweight title (160 Ibs.) from Jake LaMotta last February, the fight was a classic example of close teamwork, careful strategy and calculated risk. Against the "Bull of The Bronx," a stolid, crowding fighter with menacing strength and a stubborn pride in never having been knocked down, the Robinson strategy board settled on the dangerous game of the bull ring, with Robinson dancing out of the way of LaMotta's angry charges, prodding back to weaken his opponent...
Whatever the reason, the Russian teamwork ("They pass without even looking," said one awed coach), plus a clowning Georgian named Otar Korkija, made the Russians look invincible last week, as they crushed eight straight opponents in the European basketball championships. Korkija, 28, balding and sporting a Cesar Romero mustache, convulsed the crowd by jumping for nonexistent balls, plunging feet-first into the crowd, and faking stomach cramps. But whenever the chips were down, husky (6 ft. 2 in.) Otar Kor-kija dominated the backboards, and his deadly shooting (30 points in one game) gave the Russians a big lift...
...Crimson looked as bad as the weather in the first period, performing with an utter disregard for the cardinal lacrosse rule of teamwork. Meanwhile, Dartmouth, led by attackman Md Lyon, unleashed a goal-a-minute barrage against unprotected goalie, Syd Clark...
Branford took the lead quickly when Pete Bronfman scored at 1:18 of the first period on a pass from Pete Murphy. Superior teamwork showed up again at 8:15 when Jim William took a pass from Murphy and drove the puck home...