Word: dunks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cornhuskers (2-2) set the tone at the opening whistle. After a scramble for the jump-ball, King scored the game's first points with a slam dunk...
...which made last Tuesday's election returns so much the sweeter. Speaking to the Boston Globe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee Ron Brown called the election results "a slam-dunk for the Democratic Party." He was referring to a series of nationwide party victories--in particular, in Virginia, New York, and New Jersey...
...also got to work on our decorating," Silverman adds, looking around the common room, which is an elaborate shrine to Chicago Bulls' star Michael Jordan, whose photograph stands behind the basketball hoop. "When you dunk the ball," Silverman says, pushing the basketball through the net once more, "you can see Jordan's face through the backboard...
...admirers. On the other hand, the novel invites trespass by symbol hunters. One can easily imagine college sophomores arguing over the meaning of a stuffed armadillo that has had its claws removed, or the significance of Wheelwright's carrying his small friend on his shoulders to slam-dunk a basketball. For graduate students there is the fact that Meany shares more than initials with Oskar Matzerath, the runt hero of Gunter Grass's masterpiece, The Tin Drum...
Ferry's three-pointer from the right side upped the lead back to four points and his subsequent turnaround shot eight minutes into the game increased Duke's lead to 19-13. Harvard cut the lead to five (22-17) before a Robert Brickey dunk brought the Blue Devil alumni to their feet and ignited...