Word: stole
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Norton appeared to win narrowly, but a law of boxing holds that no heavyweight champion can lose by a narrow decision. Dutifully, the referee and two judges gave the fight to Ali. Dutifully, Norton's manager protested. Norton wept in frustration. Ali stole off into the night, frightened by hoodlums clawing at the windows...
...remember Bill Campbell's shrill voice at the mike when Chico Ruiz stole home to give the Reds a 1-0 victory and start the Phils on their nine-day September '64 nosedive. I recall reading the front-page story about Richie Allen putting his hand through a headlight while trying to push his car, thus ending the Phillies' season before it began. And how about the untold number of games lost in the seventh inning as Manager Gene Mauch motioned arsonist after arsonist in from the bullpen? I would snap off the radio rather than listen to that last...
...December, 1973, four men entered the Fogg Museum, overpowered the night guard and stole 5762 ancient Greek and Roman coins...
...punt exchanges later, the Crimson offense began to roll once more. Aided by a Columbia penalty that was tacked on to an 11-yard screen pass from Kubacki to Tommy Winn, Harvard reached the Lions' 33-yardline. Kubacki then stole a play from the 1975 game films, as he threw a bullet into the heart of the Columbia secondary that ended up in the arms of an unprotected Jim Curry. Mike Lynch's conversion made is 14-3, and Jimmy the Greek, who had made the Crimson a 17-point favorite, looked smarter every minute...
...until Philippe followed his brother to work in Dieppe last spring. Then they quarreled whenever they met. Gilbert began deliberately to involve his unwitting twin in his own capers. He would order dinner in a restaurant, refuse to pay the bill and then identify himself as Philippe. Once he stole a truck, and it was Philippe who found himself answering police questions. Just two weeks ago, Philippe encountered some sailors who told him he had made a fool of himself in a barroom brawl the night before (when, of course, he had been home...