Word: clutched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jack Clark--arguably the best clutch long-ball hitter in the game, a man whose injection of power lifted the Redbirds past the Mets this season--and Steve "Bye-Bye" Balboni--a fat, slow, balding 28-year-old who smacked 38 home runs this year despite playing half his games in one of the American League's largest parks...
Sophomore Suzie Tapson led the way for Harvard, providing excellent outside hitting. Reserve freshman Nancy Prior came through with clutch serving...
Alexei Nikiforov, the acting spokesman for the Soviet embassy in London, stood on the sidewalk outside his mission in Kensington Palace Gardens last week, surrounded by a clutch of reporters. As the newsmen jostled for position, Nikiforov read slowly from a prepared statement: "All accusations as to the alleged illegal activities of the Soviet representatives have nothing to do with reality," he said. "The Soviet embassy most strongly protests against these provocative measures." Nikiforov finished with an abrupt "No questions," and quickly retreated behind the embassy's heavy iron gates. As well he might, for the questions would only have...
...roam the Argo does, skimming just above the ocean floor like a giant sled. Designed to map deep-sea hills and gulleys, the craft can descend to depths of 20,000 ft. and remain underwater indefinitely. Essentially, it is a 16-ft.-long cage fashioned to protect a clutch of strobe lights, side-scanning sonar devices and an array of cameras from marine flotsam. The entire contraption is tied umbilically to the mother ship by a thick steel cable. When sonar patterns signal an interesting feature, the video cameras can be commanded to zoom in on the object. The images...
More important, he came through in the clutch winning key games in Harvard's successful drive to force a playoff with Princeton for the league title...