Word: jam
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...coach Loyal Park pointed out in his inimitable fashion during the contest, and Harvard's infield came up with a couple of defensive gems from pitcher Tommy Pura and second baseman Jimmy Thomas in the sixth, and a nifty bases loaded double play to get Pura out of a jam in the seventh...
With Holt and Muhlstock locking horns again, it was not until the fourth inning that the first run crossed the plate. After Harvard's Hawalian pitching ace had worked out of a tight jam in the opening frame, his teammetes staked him to a 1-0 lead in the fourth when left fielder Barry Cronin dumped a single into right field bringing home Joe Sciolla, who had singled and stolen second...
...According to Robert Maheu, an ex-FBI agent and former manager of Hughes' operations in Nevada, the billionaire had tried for years to arrange a connection with the CIA. Explained Maheu: "He wanted it so that Uncle Sam could never take after him. If he got in a jam with the Internal Revenue Service or the Securities and Exchange Commission, they couldn't afford to touch him because of what he was doing with the CIA." But it was the agency, in fact, that made the initial approach to Hughes about Project Jennifer...
...unexplained reasons, the Scotts, the Harrises and Patty pulled out of their sanctuary in late fall and began driving west. At one point, the van was stopped by a highway patrolman. Scott, who was driving, bluffed his way out of the jam by telling the cop that he and the others were driving home from a football game in Pennsylvania...
...Crimson had managed, to the surprise of most in the jam-packed IAB, to make a game of it in the first half. Led by the crashing rebounds of Bill Carey. Harvard actually led (granted, by small margins) throughout most of the half, but a four-point Quaker outburst in the final two minutes broke a 34-34 tie and provided an all too accurate preview of things to come...