Word: clinch
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...Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, or the invention of chewing gum. Often the deja-view has ominous glints. To compare the U.S. post-war adventure in Iraq with our occupation of Japan, the producers aired part of a 1946 documentary, sternly narrated by Arthur Kennedy: ?Here?s where we clinch our victory or muff it.? That sounded like a caveat on April 13 of last year. Now it carries the echo of Cassandra...
...birth as preloaded at the factory. In fact, doctors have long known that babies who aren't held simply fail to thrive. Not surprisingly, it's a need we never outgrow. In one way or another, we spend the rest of our lives in a sort of sustained Moro clinch...
...first renewal last season was much closer than it seemed. Kolarik—again at his best against the Big Red—brought Harvard to within 3-2 midway through the second, but the Big Red popped two goals in the last two minutes of the period to clinch...
...Crimson just did not have enough to defeat the Quakers (19-6, 12-1), which can clinch the Ivy title with a win over Princeton on Wednesday night...
While the Crimson played poorly, Penn carried on with business as usual, defeating Brown and Princeton to clinch at least a share of the Ivy League crown. With a win either this week in Cambridge or in their season finale against Cornell, the Quakers will capture the title outright for the second straight year. Harvard, in contrast, must sweep Penn and Yale and hope the Big Red can knock off the Quakers next weekend if the Crimson wants even a share of the Ivy title...