Word: clinch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ernie Bock and his non-musical Pennsylvanians blasted through town last night on route to the NCAA tournament in Chicago. They paused long enough, however, to wallop the varsity basketball team, 77 to 49, and clinch the Eastern League title as well...
Even after Princeton had squeaked by Dartmouth, 5 to 4, to clinch the Pentagonal League title Saturday afternoon, thereby killing the Crimson's chance for the NCAA bid, Harvard's fighting spirit and better hockey carried it to a decisive win. Amory Hubbard, with two goals, ran his total to seven in the last three games; Walter Greeley contributed the winning goal and an assist; reserve Jim O'Brien excelled on defense, besides scoring one goal; and Brad Richardson played his usual brilliant game in the nets...
Papa Noris, anxious to still village gossip about both him and his daughter in order to clinch a pending election, offers to marry Tamara. In the glib space of a few pages, Tamara blossoms into a dutiful bride and Hélene into a mature young woman who sees through the illusion by which she has been enslaved...
...hopes that the Oklahoma meteorite will clinch his case. The established theory is that meteorites were parts of a broken-up planet. Some of them are made of stony material; some are metallic, mostly iron and nickel. A few are mixtures of stone and metal...
...meter race, at 10:30: "We could see the orange spurt when the gun started the runners, but the fog was so dense we could see nothing else." Fighting foot cramps and a sick stomach, Bob staggered across the finish line five minutes and eleven seconds later to clinch his title. When he got his wind back and found his mother, he said: "Mom, how did I ever get into this? I wouldn't do it again for a million dollars...