Word: game
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...blacked out both his periscopes. A 15-hour repair feat, in a choppy sea and bone-numbing wind, restored No. 1 periscope to use. Constant fear: that the conditions at the top of the world, which confuse both magnetic and gyro compasses, would doom Nautilus to a game of "longitude roulette," in which the directionless ship might wander aimlessly around the Arctic Ocean without finding either of the two water exits-like a sort of latter-day Flying Dutchman. This fear was banished on the historic '58 voyage by the installation of a complex inertial navigator...
CINCINNATI, Jan. 4--Boston's highflown Celtics had to beat off successive threats Sunday to clinch an 111-108 victory over Cincinnati's Royals in the dying seconds of an afternoon National Basketball Association game...
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4--The Minneapolis Lakers took advantage of injuries and two shooting lapses to run away today with an 111-95 victory over the Philadelphia Warriors in a nationally-televised National Basketball Association game...
SYRACUSE, N.Y., Jan. 4--The Syracuse Nationals outsprinted the Detroit Pistons for a 118-94 victory in their National Basketball Association game today. Despite suffering a back injury, John Kerr had one of his finest games as a pro, leading the winners with 31 points...
...yesterday's game in Minnesota, defenseman Nicholas Sologubov broke a 1-1 tie with a goal from 20 feet out in the second period and ten scored twice in the third as the Russians crumpled the Yank defenses with a five-goal splurge over the last 20 minutes...