Word: punch
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...synthesize offense and defense a lot more than they did last year. Particularly with an untested defensive corps, forwards will have to help out in both zones. "Our backchecking was horrendous," concedes one forward. And Cleary has placed special emphasis on forechecking: "If we got a little more offensive punch, that would take the pressure off the defense...
This fall she has proved her versatility once again while sharing the limelight with Crimson teammate Darlene Beckford. The two of them give the Harriers an awesome one-two punch. They are the key to the team's hopes for a strong showing in this Friday's Ivy League Championships in Philadelphia...
...couple of words, this campaign has been incredibly boring. Not that it hasn't descended into personal attacks--you can count on the mayoral race to do that, if nothing else--but it just hasn't had any punch. Unlike 1975, when corruption generated a lot of political flak, there has been no big issue. Campaign news has slid into the back pages of the newspapers. A real "lets-get-it-over-with" mood has spread throughout the city...
Kush, 50, has now gone the way of another legendary coach, Ohio State's Woody Hayes. Three hours before A.S.U. was scheduled to meet Washington, Kush called a hasty press conference and beat university officials to the punch in announcing that he had been fired. Like Hayes, whose roundhouse right to the throat of a member of the opposing team last season led to his dismissal, Kush was canned in the wake of reports that he too had struck a player...
...fight almost erupted in the last two minutes as a discussion between Harvard forward Dave Eaton ended with a Brickell upper-cut to Eaton's jaw. The referees, true to form, did not see the punch...