Word: knot
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sasner, who last year set a Harvard scoring record with 23 goals but has struggled offensively this season, put the knot in the bag late in the third period with a frightening blast that hit the Dartmouth goalie and the crossbar before settling into...
...minutes ticked away, the knot of American diplomats waiting on the darkened runway of Francois Duvalier international airport grew increasingly edgy. They had been keeping a tense vigil since 1 a.m., waiting for Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier. A day earlier, Duvalier had sent an urgent message to the U.S. embassy in Port-au-Prince, the capital. It implored the Americans to help him and his family flee the country that, after 28 years, was no longer under their control. Now Duvalier was two hours late. The Americans at the airport wondered...
...place, snap their fingers, clap their hands under their legs as they lift them. Much giggling and groaning. Jokes about Jane Fonda. Stretch exercises on the cafeteria floor of P.S. 1. Julie, the staff leader, wears a sweatshirt reading NAGS HEAD, NORTH CAROLINA. Calls out directions: "Let's do knots." Kids divide into two huddles, all crossing arms, grasping one another. Entangled, they must work their way out by twisting until their knot unravels. "Anita's stuck again." Laughter. Julie: "Double duck-ducks, please." Kids on haunches in one large circle again. Hector, tagged "Goose," has to run outside...
...teams traded baskets to knot the score at 62-62, and after the Crimson held on defense, it cashed in on five unanswered points from the free throw line to go ahead for good. Hayes, Kelly, and sophomore point guard Barbarann Keffer all contributed in that parade to the charity stripe which sealed the Crimson's first win of this year's Ivy schedule...
...scoreless knot knocked Harvard (3-7-3 overall, 2-2-1 Ivy) out of the race for the Ancient Eight title. Brown (4-8-2 overall, 2-2-1 Ivy) had been eliminated from contention a week...