Word: droves
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Glenn Fine, Harvard's explosive playmaker, and Bob Allen, a promising sophomore swing man who was the game's leading scorer with 18 points, began the Harvard surge. Fine drove through, around and under UConn's larger, slower men to spark the Crimson in the game's opening minutes. Allen then took over, hitting short jumpers and free throws to put Harvard up 21-13 midway through the first half...
...Thursday evening before New Year's Eve, Woods' wife drove the family car to the outskirts of East London. On the floor in the back lay Woods, his silvery hair dyed black and his features concealed by a false mustache and thick glasses. When they were safely out of town. Woods jumped out and began a 185-mile hitchhike to a town near the Lesotho border. An accomplished mimic, he told one curious motorist that he was an Afrikaner. To another driver he explained that he was an Australian poet, and to a third a German engineer...
...meantime, Wendy remained quietly in East London, fearful that the police might pay the family a visit at any time. Then, on the night after Donald left, she bundled her children into the car, telling friends that they were off on a brief coastal holiday. Instead, she drove straight to Lesotho without attracting the attention of police, crossed the border routinely and joined her husband in Maseru, the Lesotho capital...
...Force One rolled to a stop at Mehrabad Airport, Carter was the first person to pop out of the door, his tan trenchcoat and slightly disheveled appearance contrasting a bit with the regal elegance of his host, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. On the way to the city, they drove along roads that were lined with more security men than well-wishers. Only a few hours earlier there had been five anti-American demonstrations...
...value of these players became apparent in the early season come-from-behind victory over New Hampshire. Murray scored twice, and McDonald once, with Evans tying the match later in the game. Benson then drove home the game-winner...