Word: clinched
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...raided dealerships customarily carried off the ruse with alarming ease: a salesman would step outside at the propitious moment, listen at a monitoring panel in a nearby office until his customers arrived at the figure they could afford, then return to clinch the deal. Several Maryland electronics-company salesmen have said that the practice is widespread. One firm has in stalled in auto dealerships throughout the state at least 100 intercom systems that can easily be converted into bugs...
Then Yale scored four more to take a seemingly insurmountable 12-7 lead, but Harvard fought back to 12-13, with serve. It was here that Kay once more served the ball beyond the endline, and Yale scored two quick ones to clinch the match...
John Havlicek dumped in 29 points as the Boston Celtics smashed the injury-riddled Capital Bullets, 129-103, last night at the Boston Garden to clinch the Atlantic Division in the National Basketball Association...
Advancing to the playoff round, Harvard crushed Wentworth, 15-2, and easily handled Yale, 15-5, 16-4, to clinch the title...
...DiCara can convince the opposition to this Park Plaza stand that he acted fairly, then his most controversial vote to date will have little affect at the caucus. If he can clinch the nomination, he will have taken a major step toward becoming a Massachusetts political power. But he's taking no chances--vigorously campaigning in areas outside of Boston in the last few weeks. "Since November 6 I have hit 75 to 80 cities and towns," DiCara said last week...