Word: clinching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three executed nearly flawless dives, but Stone received scores of 8 and 8 1/2 to clinch the contest by less than one point over Liner...
Crimson captain Ellie Cunningham didn't need to think much during her match, a five-game triumph characterized by both player's lack of finesse. After slugging it out with Roz Saregan for four games, Cunningham took the last four points of the fifth game to clinch...
Number eight and nine, senior Chris Gabrieli and freshman Tal Johnson, pulled off four-game triumphs. Gabrieli lost the second game of his match, 17-15, but went on to clinch the win with a 18-16 fourth-game victory. Johnson, part of a strong freshman squash class, overcame opening-game jitters to breeze past his opponent...
...bass guitar chasing the sax or is it the other way around? With truckloads of scratchy guitar work, snaky bass runs and exotic sax passages, the Beat create a sound that is soulful, dangerous, irresistible and distinctly urban. One can practically hear the buzz of the neon. The vocals clinch their sound: whether they're straight-ahead, echoed or involved in a call-and-response discussion, they have but one purpose: to create tension...
...clinch it they did just as the sun began to set over the goal posts. Adley got them to the eight on a two-yard burst, Haley scrambled for four more on second down, and then Iorio pounded up the middle for the margin of victory...