Word: clung
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chance is bankrolled by ABC: it put up $1.5 million to stage the fights, which provided enthusiastic, if not technically superb boxing. There were no knockouts in the six-match card; some overmatched pugs clung desperately to the ropes and their opponents in an effort to stay on their feet and in contention for the next fight...
...vessels that world shipping lines are expected to order for delivery in 1980. The Europeans demanded that the Japanese trim down to 4 million tons-and, as a first step, split all tonnage ordered in 1977 and '78 fifty-fifty with European yards. The Japanese refused, and clung to that position in talks last week with a European delegation that visited Tokyo. The Europeans, in response, have set two new deadlines: Japan must offer an acceptable compromise on shipbuilding by mid-January, and must detail an overall plan to reduce its trade surplus before the next Common Market summit...
...hall girl in his Rio Bravo. Like another Hawks discovery, Lauren Bacall, she was very feminine but very much a man's woman, easy to kid around with, pal around with-and as good as a man with a gun or a deck of cards. Those qualities have clung appealingly to Dickinson through two decades of movie work and on her TV show, which generally gets high marks from feminist viewers...
...pollsters' reckoning, the result remained in doubt. The fresh face of the Deep South's first major-party presidential candidate since 1848 had grown all too familiar. His lead in the public opinion polls had fallen further and faster than that of any previous presidential candidate. Yet he clung to a narrow edge. Old Footballer Ford had plunged on, head down and 3 yds. per carry, and was within striking distance of his greatest goal...
Elsewhere in the league, Dartmouth clung to its tenacious title hopes by beating Princeton, 34-14, despite a host of Big Green mistakes, while Penn stole a last-minute victory from the Tigers, overcoming Princeton...