Word: stall
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dave Rogers swooped down the lane in traffic to make it 64-59 with 2:03 left to play, but with a stranglehold on the lead, Columbia was content to go into a stall...
...received, industry growers have never bothered to establish one clinic, serve, or educational program for any of the 250,000 farmworkers that harvest California's $1 billion worth of crops each year. But huge sums have been spent on lawyers and advertising to prevent union elections and to stall contract negotiations...
Through all this, the trains run fantastic distances-usually on time. Since most intercity travelers in Russia go by rail, Soviet engineers have long since learned to beat the bugs that so often stall U.S. commuter railroads...
...uncommon opportunity? There has got to be some legitimate, valid (notice I did not say logical), or even quasi-acceptable reason for such a policy. But after searching the Freshman Dean's Office, hounding proctors and class officers, even after carefully scrutinizing the graffitti in Cabot Library (the first stall on the ground floor has some terrific stuff), I have discovered not a single plausible argument for Harvard's academic calendar...
...cagers had drawn within 58-54 with under two minutes remaining when Honick misfired from downtown. Penn rebounded and went into a stall until reserve guard Tom Crowley drove the lane and cashed in on a three-point play to put the game away with the score...