Word: ref
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Whenever an official makes the mistake of offending the Band with a bad call, chants of "The ref beats his wife" and "Elevator, elevator, we got the shaft" inevitably drift onto the field from the Band's direction...
...described to this reporter by a drunk Harvard alumnus on the sidelines, a Yale player fell and put on a big act, claiming he had been tripped by Gomez. The alumnus claimed that Gomez never touched the Yalie, and understandably disagreed with the ref. Some pushing ensued, and Gomez was thrown...
...sided and indefensible act," by Premier Levi Eshkol, who called a Cabinet meeting for this week to consider an appropriate response. Still, some Israelis found a silver lining. The embargo makes more palatable to voters the $2.3 billion "war budget to prevent war" that Finance Minister Zeev Sha-ref presented to the Knesset last week. And it will likely produce millions of dollars in new funds from Jews around the world...
...game's end, a running batle between the Providence coach and the referee nearly turned into a fight. "You're the worst ref I've ever seen in my life," yelled the coach. "With a team like you got, buddy," the ref yelled back, "nothin' would do you any good...
...hung over Barry for an agonizing five seconds before the referee gave him the two points for a reversal. Freeman kept on driving, and when the final buzzer sounded, the ref gave him three more points for a near-pin, and a spectacular...