Word: spurt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...squads then traded two more streaks. A 3-0 spurt increased the Crimson advantage to 8-4 before Harvard lost four points as the referee ruled against a Brad Martin act and a Chang save. With the score tied at eight, the Crimson steamrolled over the Tigers, winning the next seven points to finish off the tournament. Chang connected on four passes and tourney MVP junior David Twite blocked the final shot to set up the 15-8 score...
North Carolina State led Houston by 10 points late in the first half and was in front 33-25 at the intermission. But in the second half. Houston ripped off a 17-2 spurt behind 7-ft. Akeem Abdul Olajuwon's eight points and five by Benny Anders. That gave the Cougars a 42-35 lead, their biggest advantage...
...Bruins opened up a 65-45 lead following a 12-4 spurt midway through the second stanza. Though Harvard chipped away at the difference, things never seemed to click. Brown fought back every Crimson attack, and the breaks just didn't go Harvard...
...Goodman, like other specialists, points to what seems an even greater reason for the field's spurt in popularity: the extraordinarily lucrative possibilities of employment in private industry. Starting salaries for qualified computer scientists in the private sector range...
...overall, 4-5 in the Ivies) stumbled into Briggs after a narrow loss to Dartmouth at Hanover the night before. Harvard captured the lead with a seven-point spurt at the end of the first half, and it took Cornell 17 minutes of the second half to retake the lead...