Word: comebacking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...inspiring comeback bid with five minutes remaining fell just short as Yale nipped the Crimson varsity basketball team 63-62, at Payne Whitney Gymnasium last night...
...primary. Because Nixon seemed to be emerging from his San Clemente exile, Ford was being peppered with questions in New Hampshire about why he had pardoned the ex-President. Said one senior White House staffer: "It's goddam humiliating. Nixon can be forgiven for trying to make a comeback, but not for the timing." Cracked another top aide: "Maybe he'll ask for political asylum...
...went for fans attending last night's 72-63 freshman basketball triumph over intra-IAB rival Harvard Classics. Coach Buddy O'Neill's 6-9 crew squandered a 20-point lead in the waning moments of a second half barnburner that saw a valiant Classic comeback try fall short...
...first round (the even-numbered matches) was at first a display forum for the Havens family. While Peter was having little trouble in gaining a 3-0 victory at number four, John, in the second position and the adjacent court, had to withstand a furious comeback by Penn's Glen Koach before winning...
Harvard needed to wage a comeback in the foil bouts in order to have any chance of victory. Despite two wins by John Major, Cornell's Don Massiales, an all-Ivy selection, got a little help from his lamey that finished the Crimson...