Word: duels
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Suddenly the whirling, full-court action of last week's pro All-Star game in St. Louis became a duel between two agile giants: Bob Pettit (6 ft. 9 in.) of the home-town Hawks, the finest offensive player in the National Basketball Association, against Bill Russell (6 ft. 10 in.) of the Boston Celtics, the league's finest defender. Twice Pettit leaped for his jump shot. Twice Russell knocked the ball away. Pettit had a broken left hand protected by a heavy cast, but he managed to grab both rebounds. On his third try Pettit twisted...
...Enemy Below. A thriller of a duel between a DE and a U-boat, well played by Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens, sharply directed by Dick Powell (TIME...
...came in person to bargain with her. He promised to repay all the money and drew up the draft of a document creating her Comtesse de Beauregard-she had bought the huge chateau and park near Paris bearing that name. "The duel over," says Author Maurois, "there was a reconciliation upon the field...
...Enemy Below. A thriller of a duel between a DE and a U-boat, well played by Robert Mitchum and Curt Jürgens, sharply directed by Dick Powell (TIME...
...game became a duel between Crab-tree's passes (seven caught by End Ron Stover) and White's line plunges. In the third quarter, Oregon moved to the Buckeye 18-yard line, but Halfback Tom Morris missed a field goal. Minutes later, running mainly behind All-American Guard Aurelius Thomas, White bucked the ball to the Oregon 17. Then Reserve Halfback Don Sutherin thrice flexed his kicking leg and booted a field goal. That squeezed out a Buckeye victory...