Word: clock
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With the shot clock running down, Smith dribbled into the lane, faked, then put up the shot to put Harvard ahead, 78-76, with only 35 seconds remaining...
...even Frazier could not stop a fired-up Harvard team at the start of the second half. Behind the sharp-shooting of Phillips and freshman Ralph James, the Crimson went on a 16-6 run to take a 60-45 lead with 13:47 left on the clock...
Indeed, at a network where round-the-clock anchor duties are shared by 21 journalists, Shaw's solemn delivery embodies CNN's no-frills style. "His philosophy is that the messenger shouldn't get in the way of the message," says V.R. (Bob) Furnad, the senior executive producer of CNN's campaign coverage. But Shaw is no shrinking violet. During the White House interview, he described the 1980 Reagan-Bush ticket as a "shotgun marriage" and asked whether that was why the President had not endorsed Bush's 1988 candidacy...
...many Britons it was like turning back the clock. After behaving meekly for years, British trade unions last week were suddenly flexing their muscles again. Ferry workers, autoworkers, schoolteachers, firemen and nurses all were in the streets. Among the hardest-hit targets was the British subsidiary of Ford of Europe. Nearly all the firm's 32,500 workers at 22 auto plants walked off the job after rejecting a three-year contract that would have provided modest pay increases...
Jacobs sank a pair of three-pointers down the stretch, including an oddlooking, line-drive shot with time running down on the 45-second clock. That basket put the Big Red up by four points with 39 seconds left in the game...