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Word: wings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...result of his research, McCabe succeeded in adapting the Michigan single wing to high school footbal. He simplified it, for example, by making all spins, full spins, and using only the basic plays. He found that without long hours of practice that are impossible in high schools, half a dozen men handling the ball merely increased the possibility of fumbling without conspicuously adding to the deception. Despite waves of injuries to his 25 football candidates, his team came second in the league...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Unsung McCabe Comes to Harvard By Way of Tailback, Wingback, Iowa | 11/16/1948 | See Source »

...which outlawed the closed shop, required unions to file financial reports, required labor to hold elections to win union shop contracts, forbade union contributions to political campaigns, required officers to sign non-Communist affidavits, outlawed jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts. The business of new labor legislation was under the wing of Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin, one of the few men in the Truman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Men at Work | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

Finn, Bethelem, Pa., senior, has tossed eight touchdown passes and picked up 673 yards via the air. Chuck Nelson, halfback flanker in the Engle wing T version of the standard T formation, has been the best receiver of Finn's passes but Frank Mahoney, an end, has been valuable as a decoy when not on the receiving end of the Finn aerials...

Author: By John SWANTON (sports editor and Brown DAILY Herald), S | Title: Victory-Starved Crimson Digs In To Repulse Rampant Brown Bear | 11/13/1948 | See Source »

...Bruins are expected to field the same winged T offense as the Brown varsity, while the Jayvees will continue to sport the Valpey single wing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J.V. Meets Brown After Four Straight Defeats | 11/12/1948 | See Source »

Working out of their single wing spinner formation, the Deacons wasted no time scoring. They took the ball at midfield and crunched away at the guards for consistent gains, finally sending Tailback Willie Thompson around end for the touchdown. Jacques Winter successfully place-kicked the wet ball for the extra point...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Tops Eliot by 14-7; League in Tie | 11/12/1948 | See Source »

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