Word: rebounds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nelson was eager to fatten up the Crimson lead. Two-thirds of the way through the period, he leapt high for a head ball and then the ensuing rebound. The second header bounded away, but Nelson charged forward as a Columbia midfielder was winding up to kick, took the sailing ball on his torso and burst upfield...
More optimistic Republicans note the dismal shape that the Democrats were in following the defeat of McGovern and take comfort in the cyclical nature of American politics. After a drubbing the G.O.P. tends to rebound, as it did following Barry Goldwater's huge loss in 1964. Observes Teeter: "Every time the Republican Party takes a real shellacking, it bounces back. But it's like a rubber ball. It doesn't bounce as high as it did the time before...
Bourke's Law. While a sales rebound some day was inevitable-car purchase can be postponed, but not forever-the shape as well as the strength of the comeback has caught Detroit off guard. The main reason for the upswing seems to be that buyers are shedding their recession-bred fear of spending. Now that the inflation rate is dropping (see box) and "real" incomes are rising, Americans are reverting to an old habit. As Ford Executive Vice President William Bourke puts it, "They often buy 'as much car' as their budgets allow, and 1976 budgets allow...
Harvard basketball captain-elect Jeff Hill pulled down the rebound. His quick outlet pass nestled into senior Mufi Hannemann's arms. The tall power-forward dribbled up court and proceeded to drill a bullet to "Dr. J." at the top of the key. The good doctor swooshed in the 25-foot jumper to win the tense IAB affair...
Despite the slight rebound in the numbers of new seminarians this year, the church still faces a serious vocation crisis; already in some dioceses there are not enough priests to go around. That prospect may be partly responsible for a growing and yet unresolved debate over two alternatives that for the moment are unacceptable to the hierarchy: women priests and married priests...