Word: crucially
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This ability to finish off opponents has been the difference between this year and last year. Whether it has been stopping Princeton to preserve the win or stiffening late in games to preserve shutouts out of sheer pride, the defense has made big plays in crucial conversion situations...
Much of Felix's charm comes from its wonderfully self-conscious adherence to the classic conventions of mystery novels. A few key red herrings are made painfully obvious, as are several crucial clues. A large, distinctive signet ring is referred to in detail three or four times; only a very slow-witted reader could fail to mark its significance. In the car after interviewing Mirry about Gavin's death, one policeman turns to his partner and asks significantly, in time-honored detective novel tradition, "I wonder how she knew [the murder weapon] was a spanner," since the precise murder weapon...
...back-to-back interception returns for touchdowns by the Lions' Chris Tillotson and Hashim Dalton, the Big Green (6-2, 4-1) rallied behind quarterback Pete Sellers's two touchdown passes to tight end Brian Corso to upend Columbia (3-5, 2-3). Sellers sealed the victory with a crucial keeper on a fourth-and-one inside the two-minute warning to maintain possession and the Dartmouth...
...With the character of Kaczynski's peers so crucial to his case, selection will be contentious. Each side has 20 chances to reject a juror without argument -- choosing 12 and 6 alternates will probably take several weeks. "Anyone who is overly sympathetic, or who refuses to vote the death penalty, will be left off," Jackson says. "This jury will be death-penalty qualified...
...second period with 22 shots and four goals including two tallies by senior Tim Loftsgard. Allman, who recorded the first hat trick of his career, added an obligatory Harvard goal amidst the Colgate rush, but that tally allowed Harvard to be tied 4-4 heading into that crucial final period...