Word: standoff
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pounds, held a 9-7 lead over Springfield's Pete Digregario in the third period, but with 10 seconds remaining Digregario scored three points on a lightning takedown and predicament. Riding time lifted Henjyoji to a 10-10 draw. Ed Franquemont also fought to a 6-6 standoff with the Maroon's Bill Ellis...
...Standoff. Even George Halas was bitten by the spending bug. Owner-coach of the Chicago Bears, Halas has a reputation for penny pinching that goes back 45 years; in the old days, he used to plead bankruptcy every year when contract time rolled around. He also has a team that captured the N.F.L. championship in 1963-but won only five games this year. Yanking the rubber band off his bankroll, Halas shelled out $50,000 for Kansas Halfback Gale Sayers, then sent George Jr. around with a $100,000 bundle for Illinois' All-Everything linebacker, "Animal of the Year...
...week's end, the duel of the dollars was still pretty much a standoff. The American Football League had signed four of its eight top draft choices; the National Football League had signed nine out of 14. The big battle was yet to be fought-over Alabama Quarterback Joe Namath, who has a date in the Orange Bowl and cannot be bought until New Year's Day. A fine drop-back passer, in the mold of Baltimore's Johnny Unitas, Namath is a special case: he is a No. 1 draft choice in both the A.F.L...
Harvard's freshman soccer team battled Brown through two overtime periods and into the twilight before settling for a 1-1 tie at Providence yesterday. The standoff halted the Bruins' ten game winning streak...
...notable breakthrough has been made in this architect-builder standoff, and made by one of the top builders in the U.S. - California's Ross William Cortese, who is discovering that architecture is not only selling his buildings but cutting his costs...