Word: clutching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nice to have a clutch situation and come through," said Tri-Captain Bill Wolff, who scored two of his five goals in the fourth quarter...
...overtime, a staple among professional teams? Because the fans want to see a definite end to the game. It allows an opportunity to the overachiever who gives a great performance for the team in the most clutch situation of all. An overtime would give the Ivy League players a chance to show some of the all-important character which is some-what lacking these days in college ball...
...some 30 years, Salzburg's fortunes have been in the hands of the formidable Karajan, the dominant conductor of the postwar generation. Now 79, he is debilitated by a series of illnesses and must clutch a special railing as he makes his way to the podium. Those looking for clues to music's most hotly debated question -- Karajan's eventual successor at the Berlin Philharmonic -- find Salzburg an ideal place to begin speculation...
...instinct to cheat creeps in during the trying moments of an exam or a game. Just as a pitcher may rub his baseball against an Emery Board when down 3-and-0 with the bases loaded, a student's eyes might want to wander when facing a clutch question...
...Communist hit teams that have targeted policemen and soldiers in the recently stepped-up insurgency. Ferrer was hated by the armed left for his espousal of unarmed vigilante groups as a line of defense against the rebels. But some Filipinos noted that Ferrer's recent firing of a clutch of governors and mayors may have provoked a settling of scores. An even more widespread belief is that supporters of deposed President Ferdinand Marcos might be behind the killings. By week's end authorities claimed to have turned up two suspects, both of them believed to be Communist supporters...