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...thing everybody expected from the Labor Party last week when it opened its annual conference in Southport was that it was finally going to uncork its long-bottled plan of giving England Socialism and no more fooling. The only question was: just how strong a Socialist dose was the Party going to offer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Party Conferences | 10/15/1934 | See Source »

...Longhorn's big game of the year comes this afternoon, one in which they hope to cover themselves and the Southwest Conference with glory, and it is expected that the Texans will uncork a number of surprises for the benefit of their Crimson antagonists. Coach Littlefield last year produced his prize team chiefly by extraordinary development of forward passing and a series of bewildering backfield plays. During the past few weeks Harvard players have been thoroughly drilled in defense against forward passing, and should not be caught napping today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Favored as Texans Prepare to Pass, Pound Line | 10/24/1931 | See Source »

...long passes which it is expected the Big Green will uncork tomorrow were tried time and again and more often than not they were successful. Unless the backs improve in this department there is serious danger that whatever good work the line may do will go for naught, as was the case last week against the Cadets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WORK ON DEFENSE FOR GREEN ATTACK | 10/26/1928 | See Source »

...strength of most Canadian hockey teams is proverbial, and it will be very unusual if Laval does not uncork a brand of hockey sufficiently strong to test the fitness of the University for the coming games with Yale and Dartmouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON SEXTET TAKES ON LAVAL | 2/10/1927 | See Source »

...offense the westerners made but four first downs during the entire game, all of these coming in the second half. They failed to uncork any weird plays or aerial attack and on only two occasions, one due to a fumble and the other to a blocked kick, had possession of the ball beyond the centre of the field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INDIANA FAILS TO STOP RUSH OF NEW CRIMSON FORWARDS | 10/10/1921 | See Source »

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