Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most students find that the disadvantages of Vanderbilt begin to outweigh the advantages, and most eventually move out. As the students become more familiar with the Boston area, finding an apartment becomes easier. And when students move out of the centrally located classrooms and into the hospitals, which are spread across a much larger area, Vanderbilt's location is no longer a big attraction. And besides, how many doctors live in dorms...
...Cardinal's four corner attack--mobilized about five minutes into the game--spread out the Crimson defense and consistently opened up the passing lanes inside...
...knew he was losing-he trailed on all three judges' scorecards-and he let his anger and shame get the best of him. After the fight, Duran offered another reason: he had got stomach cramps during the fifth round, and as the fight wore on the cramps spread into his upper body. "I felt I was weakening," Duran said. "My body and arms were weakening. This happens to anybody. It is an accident. Leonard also was weakening, but I could not pressure...
Kleinfelder also noted sloppy play under the boards. "They were playing a spread-out game and were conceding the inside to us--we just weren't able to take advantage...
...they never could catch up, thanks mostly to an uncooperative basketball. Nothing would go in. It was as though the ball had a mind of its own--as though it had money riding on the game and was determined not to let Harvard beat the spread...