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Word: clinch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Undefeated in three years, the Dunster House tackle football squad led the House intramural league with seven wins, no losses, and one tie. Quarterback Jim Crampton hustled his team to a 14-12 victory over Eliot in a crucial playoff contest to clinch the crown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dunster Dominates Fall Season, Wins in Football, Cross Country | 11/24/1959 | See Source »

...Georgia (8-1)-scored a touchdown in the last 30 seconds to nip stubborn Auburn, 14-13, clinch the championship of the Southeastern Conference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Top Ten | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

...undefeated Eliot soccer team marched to a 3 to 1 play-off victory over Dunster yesterday to clinch the House championship. Eliot wins the right to play Yale's champions, Calhoun College, tomorrow at New Haven...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Beats Dunster In Soccer Playoff, 3-1 | 11/19/1959 | See Source »

...saving the shell and reconstructing the entire interior, rather than building a whole new structure the University saved at least $800,000"--an important factor in this period of continually rising costs. Its convenient location on the main pathway between the Houses and the Yard close to Widener helped clinch the decision to rebuild and not to build anew...

Author: By Claude E. Welch jr., | Title: A 'New' Home for Modern Language Instruction | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

...Hank Keohane intercepted a Dartmouth pass on the Green 16, and three plays later Boulris bulled over from the five for the Crimson's winning score. The varsity's triple-threat halfback added the two points, and Harvard had only to hold off the Indians for 4:20 to clinch its most exciting win in many years. Coach John Yovicsin got a free ride to the locker room after the game...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Harvard-Dartmouth Series | 10/24/1959 | See Source »

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