Word: tucks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When the Devil comes up in conversation, modern Christians have a tendency to tuck up their skirts and scurry to the shelter of safer doctrinal topics like the brotherhood of man or the Sermon on the Mount. In a book called Satan (Sheed & Ward; $5.50), newly published in the U.S., a group of scholars under the editorship of Father Bruno de Jesus-Marie, a French Carmelite, have made a frontal attack on the question of what the Devil is and what he should mean to a Christian...
Once again, Wheeler counted for the Bruins, adding the final tally at 6:02 of the last period, when each team was short a man. He took the pass at the blue line, skated, around the Crimson defense, and beat Corning on the prettiest play of the night, a "tuck in" play behind the goalie sliding...
After a nip-and-tuck first half, a smooth-working Yardling five collected a tidy 76 to 60 win over the Dartmouth freshmen at the Blockhouse last night...
...takes the pass from center while three possible receivers start downfield-each to different depths. A fourth receiver, the end on the weak side, keeps the safety man decoyed. The deep man is, of course, the primary target. But if all four receivers are blanketed, Kazmaier can just tuck the ball under his arm and take off through the thinly spread defense while his receivers turn into downfield blockers. Canny Coach Caldwell points out the simple beauty of the play: "The defense just can't cope with both the pass and the threat of the run, but only...
That, of course, did not minimize the unpleasant fact that the West is finding it necessary to take a big tuck in democracy's suit of armor...