Word: wide
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...year of crises and threats of more to come, the nation and the world seem eager for a respite. Moreover, the U.S. has long had a tradition of forbearance toward a new President: a willingness to let him show what he can do, even if he does not enjoy wide and enthusiastic public support...
...daughter Nina gained posthumous fame in the Soviet Union as Russia's Anne Frank. At the age of 20, she had been executed by the Nazis for her part in a partisan raid, and her diary of the dark days of the German invasion, published in 1962, won wide acclaim. Once rehabilitated, Kosterin spent much of his time criticizing Russian officialdom for its treatment of minority groups, notably the Crimean Tartars, and, more recently, dissident intellectuals, until he died of a heart ailment...
...emphasis in this defense is on stopping the sweep to the wide side of the field. The monster man usually lines up outside the wingback and is responsible for stopping the wide run-Harvard's bread and butter play...
Just as the Yale line is geared to stop the wide run, the Yale secondary plays to stop the long bomb. Their deep safety, J. P. Goldsmith immediately retreats on every passing play and then plays the ball once it is thrown. Cornerback Ed Franklin is a pro prospect as a defensive back...
...reason for last week's sit-in has nothing to do with Gov. Volpe's imaginary "nation-wide conspiracy." The sit-in was the result of the breakdown of the welfare system, not its cause. Volpe's demagogic charges of conspiracy, like the conspiracy charges which have been brought against the welfare mothers in court, are no more than a smokescreen to protect the government at the expense of the citizens it was elected to serve. There was no conspiracy involved in last week's sit-in, and the defendants should be acquitted...