Word: comebacking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...great when you beat the best," Keefe said. "I'm proud of what we've done." After the meet was over, some in the Harvard stands reacted with the oldest comeback in sports--it chanted "Eas-terns, Eas-terns," a not-so-subtle reference as to who will be favored to win that tournament...
...normal times, the automakers would trim expenses, adjust to new market trends and wait for business to improve, but these are not normal times. While the U.S. is making a modest comeback in car sales, Europe and Japan show no signs of a turnaround. And none of the world's major car markets are likely to return to the headlong expansion of the 1980s. That is a particularly painful prospect for the Japanese companies, which have justified continuing investment in new plants and models on the premise of selling ever more cars...
...Crimson junior defender Francie Walton scored late in the period through an Alissi screen, and suddenly the door opened to a possible Harvard comeback...
...level male figure skaters in North America who have died of AIDS-related diseases. The plague also hobbled tennis immortal Arthur Ashe. And Magic, whose familiar flair in this year's N.B.A. All Star Game and at the Olympics proved there is life after HIV, put off an intended comeback after $ players said they felt at risk in close contact with an AIDS carrier. These stories confirm that sport, once a refuge from matters of life and death, is now a window into them...
This weekend was the culmination of its psychological comeback after the tough loss to McGill on November...