Word: basketfuls
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Freed from worries about the pound and payments deficits, the government can now turn to correcting the long-term economic neglect that has made Britain the industrial world's basket case. Since November, the Labor Cabinet has been debating five main options for using the North Sea revenues: 1) accelerate repayment of the country's $24 billion in accumulated long-term foreign debts (an unlikely choice), 2) develop alternative sources of energy against the day when North Sea oil runs out, 3) expand public services in order to reduce unemployment, which last month declined only slightly from its autumn-long...
...committee to examine proposals for reducing the violence in pro basketball. Among the possible rule changes: penalties, similar to those in hockey, that remove a player for specified times; the use of a third referee to help sort out infractions that occur in the confined area under the basket, where elbows fly and tempers flare. The people who usually lurk beneath the hoop are heavyweights; most N.B.A. centers tower near the 7 ft. mark, and power forwards average more than...
While Harvard fumbled around 20 feet from the basket, missing frequently with perimeter shots, Springfield whipped off eight straight points to take the lead, 16-14, then slowly increased that margin to 34-26 at the half...
...famous sports adage goes, the game is never over until the final whistle and one shouldn't count ones' Bob Greises before they're hatched. After Hildy Meyers notched the opening basket of the second half the Crimson took the classic dive and gave up 18 consecutive points to Northeastern to put the score at 32-29 with 10 minutes remaining in the game...
...Allen's basket with 5:53 on the clock pulled Harvard to within 31-24, but it had a more significant meaning--Allen's shot marked the first Harvard score in six minutes...