Word: clinched
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Shortly thereafter the Crimson exploded to clinch the game, and Yale was unable to keep the varsity from building up its margin. When the final buzzer sounded, the happy, near-capacity crowd rose to sing. "Ten Thousand Men of Harvard Want Blodnick Today...
past Flynn into the lower right hand cage corner to particular clinch the contest...
...reluctance to be a leader is finally overcome in battle when the paratroopers, successfully dodging the Nazis in the desert, blunder into a minefield. Newcomer Susan Stephen makes an appealing foil for Ladd: she is peppery enough in the early reels, and sufficiently soft in time for the clinch. The Technicolor is generally excellent. Leo Genn, as a spit & polish British major, has an amusing scene; encountering the informal crew of a U.S. bomber, he snaps to attention, explains: "I just thought someone ought to salute somebody around here...
...Yardlings edged the Bruin cubs in overtime, 67-66. Brown had tied the game, 62-62, at the end of the regulation time, but the Yardlings grabbed the lead with about 40 seconds of the overtime left. They froze the ball for the remainder of the period to clinch...
...beaten its archrival, Michigan, 14-6, it had gained a likely tie for the Big Ten title andx a chance for the Rose Bowl. At Norman, Okla., the University of Oklahoma downed Iowa State 47-0 to win the Big Seven title for the sixth year in a row, clinch an Orange Bowl bid. Oklahoma's probable New Year's Day opponent: second-ranking Maryland, which trounced Mississippi 38-0. Texas took over the top spot in the Southwest Conference (and a probable Cotton Bowl bid) by downing Texas Christian...