Word: clinched
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Quincy House squeaked by an underdog Winthrop team in overtime, 4-3, yesterday to clinch the House soccer title...
...headquarters in some caves on the ranch, the guerrillas laid in large supplies of food and ammunition, even added a small shoe factory since, as Che wrote in his handbook on Guerril la Warfare, "Good shoes are more important to a guerrilla than food or his rifle." To clinch their case, the Bolivians produced the "war diary"; the handwriting in it is similar to that used in Che's farewell letter to Castro, which was published in Havana's Bohemia two years...
HAROLD NICOLSON: THE WAR YEARS, 1939-1945, VOL. II OF DIARIES AND LETTERS, edited by Nigel Nicolson. This second installment of Author-Politician Nicolson's sprightly and irreverent reminiscences might well clinch his position as the brightest British diarist...
...committee on bills and overtures ruled that the phrase was directed not at individuals but at nations, and to clinch the argument, the church's chief administrative officer, Stated Clerk William P. Thompson, read to the assembly a Defense Department memorandum declaring that "commitment to the Confession would not disqualify an individual for a position requiring access to classified information." The statement was issued with the approval of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, a Presbyterian...
That left it up to number-four man Joe. Tibbetts to clinch the match, which he almost did. Tibbetts and his Eli foe were even coming into eighteen, and both hit long drives on the 420-yard finishing hole. The Yalie, using a four-iron from a good 180 yards out, hit a remarkable approach three feet from the pin, and Tibbetts shot up short. But he came back with a great chip inside the Eli's ball, putting the pressure of his opponent, who calmly sank his three-footer for a birdie...