Word: clinching
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Sophomore Trey Burns ran a 1:54.8 to clinch the half-mile...
...silence warning, reversed his conviction. ¶Michael Vignera, 31, got a 30-to 60-year rap for holding up a Brooklyn dress shop in 1961. Vignera was fingered by a confederate, linked to stolen goods, and identified by his victims. He confessed after about twelve hours. To clinch the police case, he was then grilled far beyond "focus," and was not taken before a judge until roughly 24 hours after his arrest. He was not advised of his right to counsel; police also ignored New York's prompt-arraignment statute. The state's highest court upheld his conviction...
With six seconds left in the game, Havlicek, the hero of last year's playoffs, attempted his speciality, a steal of the pass-in-bounds. He fouled Robertson, for whom the pass was intended in the back-court, and the "the Big O" sank two foul shots to clinch the upset...
...Western division play yeserday, St. Louis beat Detroit 121-117 to clinch a place in the Western playoffs...
Penn's varsity fencers unexpectedly blitzed the Crimson Saturday, 18-9, to virtuatly clinch second place in the Ivy League behind Columbia...