Word: layoff
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...three jibs at the seams-but experts agreed that her cause was still hopeless. Pattie had proved conclusively that she was the faster boat and deserved the right to represent Australia against the U.S. next September. Packer, typically enough, did not concur. He asked for a fortnight's layoff to modify Gretel again and a whole new series of elimination trials...
...wrestling team swings back into action after a long exam-period layoff and faces a wild weekend with two away meets...
...impossible for a team to avoid a little strain between its members in the midst of a long losing streak. For that reason. Dressler believes the two-week layoff came at just the right moment. "We were in a rut," Dressler admitted. "and the break did us good...
Coming back from a layoff, however, can be disastrous, especially against teams that have not been resting. That may help explain last Friday's drubbing by Penn, 76-56. Harvard took more shots and outrebounded Penn, but could not find the range...
Harvard showed the effects of a long layoff in the Friday game, giving away 15 points in the opening minutes and hitting only two foul shots. The first Crimson bucket came after an incredible six minutes and 13 seconds...