Word: clutch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...experience and poise bring tangible results--greater consistency and tenacity in clutch moments...
...high noon on Sunday in Edwin Meese's small, elegant office on the fifth floor of the Justice Department. In armchairs that faced one another sat Meese, Howard Baker and a clutch of lieutenants. In their midst was Anthony Kennedy, a potential Supreme Court nominee, who had been flown to Washington on an Air Force jet from Sacramento the evening before, carrying only a small overnight bag. The interrogation ran through 21 pages of single-spaced questions. Was your wife pregnant when you married? No. Have you ever visited a massage parlor? No. Have you seen other women since...
...Sandinistas, by calling upon the Reagan Administration to disband the contras, are behaving just like the Somozas and the clutch of tyrants and oppressors before them who always looked to Washington for a solution to their problems. "We'll talk to the circus owner and not the clowns," Ortega has said when asked why he will not deal directly with the contras. Though he modified that stance last week, those words still reflect a profound inability to recognize what the Sandinista-contra dispute is all about: a domestic disagreement over the future of the land...
Game-winning goals in pee wee, high school and collegiate championship games are standards on Young's resume. Certainly, it's no coincidence that Young has done it all before, and he has the experience to continue his clutch, winning ways...
Receivers: Perhaps the best receiving corps in the Ivy League, this group is led by Brian Barringer (31 catches) and clutch tight end Kent Lucas (17, 18.2 average). Look for Yohe to go to wide out Neil Phillips and TE Don Gajewski as well...