Word: finest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contest was a defensive struggle played on a muddy field that limited the offenses of both teams. Harvard's veer offense, dependent on quick cuts by runners, was hurt by the field conditions. Quarterback Jim Stoeckel countered with his finest performance of the season, although many of his accurate throws were dropped by the Crimson receivers...
...nine points per game and Restic calls the Elis "the best defensive team I've seen since I've been in the league." With St. John's knee healed and his stature as a leader growing, Restic says, "I hope and I feel that Burke will have his finest day on Saturday. I just sense that...
...revise or rewrite with little complaint; it comes as something of a surprise to watch the future Nobel laureate acceding to the demands of the popular press. As a result of such proddings, Faulkner's magazine stories were usually simpler, more straightforward and less resonant than his finest work. Reprinted in Uncollected Stories, these early versions inspire a sense of deja vu, for Faulkner frequently expanded and reshaped his published stories and inserted them in novels. A tale of his called The Bear appeared in the Post in 1942, but it reads like a libretto to the famous novella...
...Crimson, now 6-5, played well enough to defeat almost any other team. With the exception of a few disorganized minutes at the start of the second half when the Huskies tallied twice, the team produced its finest effort of this year's up and down season...
Courageous play by goalie Betty Ippolito saved a handful of goals. The junior netminder stopped two breakaways and notched 18 saves in her finest effort of the season...