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Word: clutching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...freehanded Korean businessman had fled, the party-giving Oriental beauty was testifying to a federal grand jury, and a bipartisan clutch of Congressmen were nervous about Washington's latest payola scandal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: THE SEOUL BROTHER | 11/8/1976 | See Source »

Penn quarterback Bob Graustein performed heroics before a stunned Princeton home crowd as the Quakers edged the Tigers, 10-9, with a clutch, last-minute touchdown drive...

Author: By Thomas A.J. Mcginn, | Title: Yale, Brown Stay on Top As Ivy Race Narrows | 11/1/1976 | See Source »

...helps to add a mixture of complete domination and clutch performances. Take for example Radcliffe's one-sided routs over Tufts (4-0), Cornell (3-0) and Wheaton (3-0), and the cliff-hangers over powerful squads from Bates (2-1), Dartmouth (3-2), and Northeastern (2-1), contests in which the Crimson stick women demonstrated an amazing knack for doing what had to be done when a game was on the line...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Tigers Claw Radcliffe Dreams | 10/27/1976 | See Source »

Quarterback Burke St. John spurred the win in a brilliant clutch performance. St. John amazed the B.C. defense with an exciting third quarter 53-yard touchdown pass and followed that with a 64-yard scoring drive made possible by two key fourth-down pass completions...

Author: By James D. Auran, | Title: Harvard Freshman Whip B.C., 22-11; Classy Underclassmen Still Undefeated | 10/26/1976 | See Source »

Ever willing to clutch at straws, movie people have been more than anxious to clutch at the hairy hide of the wonderfully exploitable gorilla who is not only house-high but has a soul as well. Ever since production was announced, King Kong had the potential to be what the industry annually requires, a "big bopper." as they say in the trade. A genuine big bopper is something on the order of The Godfather, The Exorcist, The Sting or, to name the film most like Kong, Jaws. It should generate domestic grosses of $50 million to $100 million and, almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HERE COMES KING KONG | 10/25/1976 | See Source »

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