Word: nip
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Four Villanova players each scored 19 or more to down rival LaSalle, 103-97, in a shooting spree. Indiana's Butch Carter hit on three free throws in the last 30 seconds of the game to edge Furman, 63-62. Duke came from behind to nip a scrappy URI five, 63-62, while Utah held on to beat Missouri, 86-79, in two overtimes...
Harvard's flu-ridden women's track team yesterday lost a nip-and-tuck battle with the Tufts runners, 47 1/2 to 45 1/2, but managed to set three records and beat Boston University...
...prospects for the passage of the new criminal code in the House are uncertain. Dershowitz rated the chances as excellent, hoping that the House will strike down the Dole amendment. Countryman, vowing to continue his opposition to the bill, said that it is "nip and tuck as to whether the bill will pass...
Well, here's a prediction that I'll stake my Steve Kaseta-autographed Astro 8 notebook on: Harvard will beat Dartmouth in football this Saturday. Not edge, not nip, not even sleeze by. We're talking at least a 10-point margin over the boys in the flannel shirts...
Things were no better for Dartmouth's third varsity shell. They misjudged the finish line, allowing the Harvard 3V to nip them at the real finish...