Word: stoppering
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...course, Zos was not the only ingredient in this spring's successful formula, but his clutch performances in crucial contests gave the Crimson a stopper. After the loss to graduation of 1979 staff ace Larry Brown (now with the Houston Astros organization), it looked like Harvard might have to suffer a season without a hurler who could provide consistently strong performances. Zos stepped into the role easily...
...Songs of the Third Reich." You can order a handcrafted, bone china beer mug in the shape of a human skull, skull, or a part of your motorcycle plated in gold, or an eight-track tape that will teach you how to "make your dog a real man-stopper...
...Cornell victory came courtesy of the right arm of senior Rob Alevizos, who went from the oblivion of spot-starter to the sunshine of the staff's stopper, with a 7-0 overall record. Senior Ron Stewart (3-3), freshmen Bill Doyle (6-3), and Bill Larson (6-3) were the workhorses of a staff that kept the often weak-hitting Crimson in a long pennant chase...
...show-stopper of A Day in Hollywood is a dance number called "Famous Feet." Tommy Tune, who brings an irrepressible humor to his choreography as well as dauntless invention, has devised a narrow, mirror-backed bridge span of a stage high above the stage proper. Only the legs and feet of the dancers (Niki Harris and Albert Stephenson) are visible. By their styles and their shoes, ye shall know them. Some feet! Fred and Ginger, naturally, as well as Garland, Chaplin, Dietrich and, believe it, Mickey and Minnie...
Rookie hurlers Billy Doyle, Bill Larson and Greg Brown will join vets Jim Keyte (3-2 with a 3.21 Earned Run Average in '79), John Sorich (0-1, 3.86), Rob Alevizos (3-1, 4.22 with arm trouble) and stopper Ron Stewart (3-3, 2.48) to form a potentially spectacular mound corps. Sure, Brown and Tim Clifford's eleven wins will be missed, but a healthy Alevizos ("I feel like I'm ready to pitch right now," he says) and a few more performances from the freshman like Sunday's twin shutouts of Columbia will help to fill the void...