Word: clinched
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Patriots, who forged ahead in the Eastern Division of the American Football League by clobbering Houston Sunday, can clinch the title Saturday by beating or tying Kansas City (channel...
With two minutes left in the game quarterback Ray Kubacki passed to Justin Hughes, who advanced to the Dartmouth two-yard line. On the next play Kuback scored to clinch victory...
...dispatched by Liston. Ernie Terrell, 6' 6" and 206 pounds, is a smart boxer with a left that is good enough to flatten Cassius and a reach which might just hold off Sonny for six or seven rounds. Terrell is not a flashy fighter, but his strike and clinch style makes excellent use of his exceptional size. Terrell has beaten Cleveland "Cat" Williams and most recently the young giant sent aging Zora Folley stumbling down the heavyweight ladder, presumably for the last time...
...only issue in the American League was when the New York Yankees would clinch their 28th pennant. Last week they made it official, and by virtue of a 14-game lead, the end came earlier than in any season since 1941. Hardly an eyelid flickered. But, ah, the National League. There it was, all balled up in that perennially fascinating last-minute scramble for the pennant...
...year in dues, and its paid staff totals 25, including President Carl J. Megel, 63, a mild if tough-talking former high school science teacher and athletic coach. A.F.T. has 450 locals, including 32 at college level, but only about 50 are nerved to act like labor unions and clinch collective bargaining agreements...