Word: relentlessness
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...question is whether they can stay together once the pressure hits. And hit it will, especially if they meet the Knicks in the finals. Although the New Yorkers have less rebounding and scoring strength, they have a deeper and more versatile bench-and, like the old Boston Celtics, a relentless, almost mystical way of winning the big ones. If the Bucks can finally shake the Knick bugaboo, Coach Costello will have enough reporters and TV cameras around to fill any locker room...
Though it is too early to gauge the full effects of the broadcast ad ban, tobacco executives as yet feel no need to resort to such far-out expedients. Under relentless attack from critics, the tobacco industry withstood the 1970 recession better than almost any other U.S. business. New York's First National City Bank reported last week that seven tobacco companies raised their after-tax profits by a total of 19% last year, the second largest gain among 41 industries in the Citibank survey (the leader: amusement companies). The rise stemmed largely from successful diversification that has taken...
Herman Melville's white whale was a metaphor for something cosmically elusive. But even in 1850, the whale was almost as easy to catch and slaughter as the buffalo or the Indian. Today, by a process of relentless elimination that is anything but allegorical, whales are becoming an embattled species. Ahab's great-grandchildren fire their harpoons from cannons...
...simplicity lie the great imponderables?and the ultimate fascination?of the fight. Can Ali, slowed but still the swiftest heavyweight around, dance out of destruction's way? Can he utilize his superior reach to stave off the bull-like onslaught of his attacker? Can he ever wear down the relentless machine that is Joe Frazier? Conversely, can Ali, who is able to hit sharply with either hand, outgun Frazier, who is more a one-armed fighter? Can, in short, the boxer beat the slugger...
Cornell's first line finally broke Harvard's relentless pressure, clearing their own zone on a perfect three-on-two rush that ended in the Ithacan's third goal. Brian McCutcheon tallied for the Red, knocking in Larry Fullam's centering pass...