Word: basket
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When asked what he thought of the Atlanta Hawks' Pete Marevich, Bradley said. "I don't think he's that good. Technically, he can't drive very well and he can't penetrate to the basket, but he's an adequate shooter...
...mind's eye. Is something special in the way children congregate around the big tree and roller skate on only one foot? Is something special when they swing their arms downward and slap spinning wooden tops at one's feet? Is something special in the perpetual squabbling of the basket weaver and the mad woman who clutches her groin when strangers pass by? Is something special in the white fisherman who speaks with pride of his people (old Tories) and shares his catch with his less fortunate black comrades? Is something special in the "slows" of the bartender who takes...
However, tonight, the Crimson will have to stop Masker underneath and keep Erland, who paces the team in scoring with a 23.4 average, away from the basket...
Kinsolving's columns still produce enemies aplenty among churchmen. In one column about a conservative purge in the Missouri Synod, he wrote that "the headquarters of the Missouri Synod looks like a Parisian guillotine basket, circa 1793." Dissident clergymen, Kinsolving gleefully reported, were calling the denomination's president, the Rev. Dr. J.A.O. Preus, "Chairman Jao." Preus replied by likening Kinsolving's technique to that of Joseph Goebbels...
...sophomore forward James Brown. who paced Harvard with 19 tallies, scored a rebound basket, and Dover, who had 16 points and seven assists, made a fast break lay-up to put the Crimson advantage out of jeopardy temporarily...