Word: line
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...refs did their best to control the war games, sending Harvard players to the foul line for 41 shots, but the Crimson converted on only 14 free throws...
When they were not wasting opportunities at the line, the hoopsters spent a lot of time throwing the ball away. A total of 35 turnovers reminded anyone who might have forgotten that the Crimson still needs to work on the basics...
Defense, however, could not compensate for a lack of offensive rebounding. The Crimson forward line pulled down a meager 14, while the Hawks cleared 34. Surprisingly, height was not the difference. Like Harvard, St Joe's carries only one six-footer, but the Hawks consistently staked out better positions under the boards...
...answer session on the CAMERAS eve of the voting. But the Texan had trouble being heard because of the noise of the Bush band next door. Baggy-eyed and drawn, Connally sat in his suite in a beige chair as the time for balloting approached. Someone mentioned the morning line from Vegas, and Connally quickly wanted to know the odds. "Eleven to ten, Reagan. Take your pick," was the reply. The big man stretched and grinned with satisfaction...
...Urged by top military advisers, he has ordered a sweeping review of the restrictive laws, known as "petty apartheid," in an attempt to stave off an overwhelming onslaught from black African nations combined with mass rebellion by the country's 20 million blacks. To the howls of hard-line Afrikaners, the Prime Minister has proposed the "improvement" of laws prohibiting interracial sex and marriage. In order to create new jobs for blacks in the private sector, Botha's government will look the other way if companies violate the regulations that ban blacks from certain skills or positions...