Word: clung
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...space race had become more than a poetic dream. It was now a military imperative. While the Soviets were pushing ahead with their missile program, American strategists had clung to the notion that manned bombers rather than rockets were the most suitable, and somehow the most romantic, way to fight wars in the Atomic Age. With alliances and airfields that ringed the globe, the U.S. had seen no reason to bring the nuclear race into space. Now it was necessary...
...CAME RUMBLING INTO TITUSVILLE OUT OF A FLAWLESS SKY (YOUR FAVORITE PAINT-AND-FENDER MAN COULDN'T SPRAY A BETTER ONE), AND ON SATURDAY 13,000 PEOPLE PAID TO WATCH THEM ALL FLY. IT WAS A SWEET, INNOCENT EXERCISE, FOR THE CROWD AS WELL AS THE PILOTS, AND NOSTALGIA CLUNG TO THE AIR LONG AFTER THE LAST LANDING...
...when Harvard took to the court again in the second stanza, it kept right on rolling. The cagers clung close to the Leopards, with the edge fluctuating between three and five points for most of the half...
...Jaspers clung tenaciously to their lead. Both teams scored 42 points in the second half, although Harvard had 23 more field goal attempts...
...year-old Regina Hustin, alias Donald Duck, wasn't convinced that the freshmen "ghosts" who popped out of the darkest corners were fake, and she clung to her Harvard guide for reassurance...