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Golden Bridge – To leave an opponent an opportunity to withdraw in order to not force them to act out of desperation – Sun Tzu Iron Calculus of War – Resistance = Means x Will – Clausewitz Moral ascendancy – Moral force is the trump card for any military event because as events change, the human elements of war remain unchanged – Du Piq
OED cites as synonym for "punch-drunk" to 1937, alternate meaning to 1943. [61] See punch-drunk, above, slap-happy, below. punt American Football: Used to convey that things aren't going as planned and it is time to step back and reassess the situation. push it over the goal line American Football: Complete the activity or project, finish the ...
When losing an outdoor game, feigning a deep, informed and more than amateur interest in e.g. botany or ornithology, in order to convey a breadth of interests and suggest to the opponent that losing is not of concern. This can cause the opponent to relax their attention, or at any rate rob them of the satisfaction of winning.
In American football, an unhindered catch of an opponent's kick. The player wanting to make a fair catch must signal for a fair catch by waving an arm overhead while the ball is in the air. After that signal, once the ball is possessed, it is dead immediately and opponents will receive a 15-yard penalty for any contact with the receiver.
The reunion carrying national-title stakes would be remarkable as a football story alone. Jack Sawyer, a star Buckeyes defensive end who will spend Friday trying to sack Ewers, was once his roommate.
a lower order batter promoted up the batting order to increase the run rate. The term, if not the precise sense, is borrowed from baseball. [1] A pink ball Pink ball A type of ball that is intended to behave like a red ball but have the visibility of a white ball. Used exclusively in day/night timed matches.
The first part of Taaffe that contacts Stovall is the helmet, which would seem to be a textbook case of targeting. But nobody involved in college football reads textbooks anymore, do they?
“That’s the word,” Rivers said. “When you do that, accountability comes in, and that’s a good thing.” That’s what the NBA needed for this four-day getaway.