Word: foul
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard's foul shooting was a decisive aspect of the game. The Crimson tied a school record by sinking 41 of 56 free throws, while Yale...
Barry Williams and Keith Sedlacek hit foul shots. John scott bucketed a dazzling underhand drive, and Sedlacek added a pair of free throws which brought Harvard's lead to a comfortable eight points...
...senior's fine shooting was the only exciting note of an otherwise mundane contest. Harvard was ahead, 30 to 22, with 4:40 left in the first half; then Sedlacek hit a jumper from the circle, Bob Beller connected from the corner, and Jeff Grate sank a pair of foul shots, making the score 36-23. In the last two minutes of the half, Sedlacek hit three straight baskets which blew the game wide, giving the Crimson a 42-25 halftime lead...
With 1:10 left and Harvard holding this tenuous three-point lead, the Crimson's Jeff Grate stepped to the foul line in a one-and-one situation. He sank both shots, and Harvard ran up the score in the last minute...
...noted recently that it's the most "literary" play he's read in years, and indeed it is. Take, for example, the twelfth century similes: "You're like the rocks of Stonehenge, nothing can knock you down;" or, "You're dull as plainsong." or then again, "You're so foul you're fair." At times, it seems like the entire purpose of the drama is to show that the Plantagnets were, after all, just folks. "You're a failure as a father," the adolescent Prince John accuses the King, while the Queen muses, "Children, children, they're all we have...