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Word: clutching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Pete Varney's two-run homer gave Harvard a three-run fifth inning lead, but it took a good relies job by J.C. Nickens and a clutch throw by Dave Ignacio to stave off a Springfield rally in the ninth and preserve an 8-7 Crimson victory yesterday at Soldiers' Field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Stops Springfield Rally; Faces Tufts Today in GBL Clash | 5/5/1971 | See Source »

...rooftop shoot-out against the police. After all the other Panthers had been either shot or had surrendered, he remained for he "had a purpose in life... to die. Die fighting for black people's freedom." A fate he viewed as "better than with prayers and pleas/ in the clutch of some disease/ wasting slowly by degrees. / Better than of heart attack/ Or some dose of drug I lack/ Let me die by being black." The shoot-out continued until one of the police officers tried to coax the re-remaining Panther to surrender. But he refused, ending his statement...

Author: By Tony Hill, | Title: The People's Champion of the World | 5/5/1971 | See Source »

Harvard put the match away by taking two out of the three doubles. At third doubles, Loring was once again unbeatable in the clutch, and his partner Washauer came alive in the second set to secure a 7-6, 7-5, victory over Grunther and Moritz...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Inspired Netmen Upset Columbia Meet Princeton Today For Title | 4/24/1971 | See Source »

...ritual lam from Mom's suburban Detroit subdivision, learns by doing and then recording her doings in a breezy diary. Sex, dope, kindness, generosity and communal living are good things because they make her feel good. Fortunately, imminent incest gives off bad vibrations before the big clutch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Nice Girls Don't | 4/19/1971 | See Source »

...traditional overcoat), the style has its drawbacks too. Says San Francisco Chronicle Fashion Editor Joan Chatfield-Taylor: "You have to do your swooping out of doors. In a store, you are sure to break everything in sight." Moreover, cape wearers would do well to stock up on small clutch purses: standard-size pocketbooks held beneath the fabric imply that the lady is either pregnant or a smuggler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: All Cloaked Up | 3/15/1971 | See Source »

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