Word: baskets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...halftime bulge for Harvard was only the beginning of the ultimate rout. MIT opened the second half with a full court press, but that weapon, which MIT could use only after scoring a basket, became ineffective very quickly since the Engineers rarely put the ball in the hoop...
Nazarene was able to penetrate Harvard's defense to get shots from under the basket, whereas the Crimson, though they tried to go inside to Hewitt and Greis, had to settle for the outside shots...
With ten minutes to go, Coach Kleinfelder called a time-out to change strategies. The Crimson came back with a full court press. This seemed to fluster ENC, but after a few plays, they were successfully feeding Donna Fandel under the basket from the right side...
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...