Word: yardful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...major problem, however, is to protect from unnundation large sites such as Philae, and Abu Simble, which cannot be removed. The former, Brew said, is "about the size of the Harvard Yard," while the latter is distinguished by 75-foot carved statues of Ramses II guarding the entrance to a series of rock-hewn temple chambers...
Near the close of the first quarter, one of the most spectacular scoring plays of the season took place. Koval faded back, fought off a determined group of swarming Middies, and threw the ball as far as he could down the middle of the field. Forty yards away, Quaker halfback Peter Schantz was outrunning two Navy defenders. He caught up with the football on the 10 and tallied--a 60-yard scoring pass. The Quakers...
With 1:46 remaining in the contest and a fourth and three situation on the Navy eight, Shaw calmly came through with a perfect 24-yard field goal and the game was deadlocked...
Dartmouth's only score of the game came ten minutes through the first quarter. Capitalizing on a Yardling fumble on its own 15-yard line, the Indians made it first down and goal to go on the five, then pushed their way to a touchdown on a quarterback sneak by Greg Cook...
This play, and a Dartmouth fumble recovered on the Indian one-yard line by tackle Mike Briggs, set up the final Crimson tally, a left tackle option through the line by Terry Bartolet with one second remaining in the game...