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...Greg Olson's brilliant penalty-killing, played a solid right wing on the "Instant Karma" connection with Olson and center Mike Watson--but the puck wouldn't go in for him. "We hit the post three times in the last five minutes...when that puck went in"--Burke's clincher--"I just said, 'It's about time...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: At Long last Beanpot | 2/10/1981 | See Source »

Bafaloukos also has a terrific sense of humor that pops up most often when his camera captures the white tourists to Kingston. One idiotically chic couple (he wears an Andy Warhol Interview T-shirt) lock the keys in their car and have to hire a Rasta locksmith. But the clincher comes earlier, at a club restaurant where Horsemouth's band plays fast-paced reggae. A bewildered blond tourist turns to his young bride and exclaims, "This isn't calypso...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Soothing the Savage Beast | 7/25/1980 | See Source »

Mleczko banged home the opener just 1:40 into the contest, unassisted. After the Huskies evened it up at 5:06, Mleczko added what proved to be the clincher with 6:34 gone, on a fast break with an assist from freshman Jennifer White...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mleczko Propells Laxwomen To 5-1 Triumph Over Huskies | 5/2/1980 | See Source »

...Clincher...

Author: By James S. Mcguire, | Title: Netmen Defeat Yale, 5-4; Women Place 4th in Ivies | 4/28/1980 | See Source »

...personal, written-by-hand letter. The school gave him free tickets to its home games. And when that snazzy red and white Chrysler showed up in the driveway outside his mother's modest apartment in the Runyon Creek public housing project, everyone assumed that it was the clincher in N.C. State's sign up Dr. Dunk campaign. After all, she wasn't working. How could she afford an expensive car like that? Besides, weren't red and white the Wolfpack colors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In North Carolina: The Strange Case of Dr. Dunk | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

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