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Word: rebounds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...late stages was the bane of the game. A team that found itself a few points ahead near the end would simply pass the ball around from player to player, without trying for a basket (which would mean losing possession if the shot failed and the opponents grabbed the rebound). The trailing team would then deliberately foul to get possession (risking a one-point foul shot for a a possible two-point basket). The leading team would then foul back, and the game would dissolve in a dreary welter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: 24 Seconds to Shoot | 12/20/1954 | See Source »

...varsity was quick to tie the score at the start of the second period when Frank Mahoney slapped in a rebound of Captain Scott Cooledge...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Crimson Sextet Overtaken in Last Period, Dropping Hard-Fought Contest to BC, 4-3 | 12/11/1954 | See Source »

Inside left Mauricio Toro gave the Crimson a 1-0 lead after five minutes of play on a solo break, and center forward Grey Hodnett knocked in a rebound two minutes later to push the varsity lead to two goals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fischer Leads Soccer Team To Sixth Straight Win, 5-2 | 11/15/1954 | See Source »

...reason for the rebound is that businessmen, who make their dollars-and-cents decisions without regard to politics, are betting on an expanding prosperity. Those who were scared by all the recession talk a year ago and decided to stop ordering while they used up their inventories have stepped up buying again. Auto dealers, who were overloaded with cars a year ago, seem confident that they will be able to clean out their stock to make way for the 1955 models...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF THE ECONOMY-: Politics Makes It the Major Issue | 10/18/1954 | See Source »

...Golden Girl. Elizabeth Rydal is also on the rebound, not from ennui, but from a dead lover. She is busy on a novel about an "orphan of the Saxophone Age." Stephen marries Elizabeth, but the relationship is marred by Elizabeth's dedication to her first love, "this wretched novel-I'm so heavy with it, I feel sometimes as if I could scarcely drag myself upstairs." Stephen not only strays into an illicit affair, but also dabbles in homosexuality. Elizabeth, who makes a cult of "understanding," forgives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Saxophone Age Orphan | 6/7/1954 | See Source »

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