Word: clung
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Boston Red Sox clung to first place in the hectic American League East pennant race yesterday by downing the Kansas City Royals in Fenway Park while the Detroit Tigers were losing to the New York Yankees in a 12-inning contest in Detroit...
...aura of the extraterrestrial Frank Merriwell has always clung to the nation's astronauts-an image of cool, technological grit. In an era of diminished heroes, they were paragons of what almost seemed an archaic ethic of know-how, daring and purity...
...more significant than temporary difficulties and irritations from sometimes brash new blood." His leaving was ironic; he had begun 1972 as the front runner in the mind of almost every Democratic politician and political analyst. Although he had been on the point of endorsing McGovern several weeks before, Muskie clung to a stubborn hope. On Monday he tried to call a conference of all the candidates to reach a compromise on the California credentials, but McGovern brushed the idea aside...
...Blackmun and the majority clung to Holmes' precedent. Said Blackmun: "There is merit in consistency, even though some might claim that beneath that consistency is a layer of inconsistency." The original ruling, he observed, had been upheld only nine years ago in a finding that "Congress had no intention of including the business of baseball within the federal antitrust laws." If any change is indicated, said Blackmun, "the remedy is for congressional, and not judicial action." Chief Justice Burger agreed and went further to urge, "It is time the Congress acted...
...told me how he had been a Stones fan for nine years, how after graduating from college, a year ago he had been unable to settle down; how two months ago he had moved to California to look for a job. With all his other roots severed, Miller clung to his membership in the fraternity of rock 'n' roll, which seemed to give his life a focus. Naturally, records were not enough. He had to see the Stones...