Word: half
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity quintet relapsed into the bad habit of losing Saturday night, by frittering away a nine-point lead in the final three and a half minutes against Cornell at Ithaca. The 67-63 loss was the fourth against three victories for the Crimson in league competition. A three-point play by Big Red captain Lou Jordan with 26 seconds remaining vaulted the home team into the lead...
This deficiency in forwards proved to be the Crimson's downfall, for the play of starting guards George Harrington and Mike Donohue left little to be desired. Donohue, left little to be desired. Donohue, out of his recent slump, kept the varsity in front throughout the second half, notching 17 of his 21 points in that stanza. Harrington was second high man with...
...first half was a see-saw battle most of the way, with the Crimson achieving a 32-33 advantage in the last minute. The varsity gradually increased its margin to 60 to 51, but then began to miss easy the opportunity to catch up and win the contest...
...home," ignoring the fact that 46% of Swiss women go out to work, implied that the "mess" clearly visible in other democratic countries was "partly due" to women's suffrage. They did not get too excited, knowing that the male votes alone would decide the issue. Half an hour after the polls closed, the Swiss could dial 168 on their efficient "telephone system and learn that women's suffrage had been defeated by a two-to-one vote...
...second half turned into a see-saw battle with the Crimson cutting into Columbia's lead only to have the Lions pull away again. With nine minutes gone in the second half, after Dave Grayer, who played the game in place of Bob Bowditch, had fouled out, Columbia increased its lead from four to eight points and maintained the margin until the closing minutes...