Word: streaks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...American contingent had won 17 of the 29 previous contests--with a winning streak of nine dating back to 1965--and didn't let up a bit yesterday...
Meanwhile, Kay has been hitting line drives. Now batting in the leadoff spot vacated by Bruce Weller '84. Kay owns an eight-game hitting streak and a 447 average...
Further, the game snapped junior Scott Fuso's consecutive game scoring streak at 29 games, three short of the ECAC record
...might be a gruff old gent with a streak of eccentricity and a taste for adventure, while the other is younger, more level-headed and a bit uptight. Or if one is an overenthusiastic amateur, the other is a world-weary pro with a hard veneer of cynicism. They seem to bicker constantly, these mismatched TV couples, yet they share a grudging respect and affection--sometimes even a wedding ring. They can be found all over the prime-time dial these days, their names often linked by racy ampersands: Simon & Simon, Hardcastle & McCormick, Kate & Allie, Cagney & Lacey, MacGruder & Loud...
...Ezzard Charles' misfortune was to succeed Joe Louis, Holmes' sorest miscalculation came in following Muhammad Ali, who claimed to be bigger than boxing and was correct. Often graceless in public, Holmes has a gentler streak that comes out in private, for instance, when discussing Ali, whom he served as a sparring partner and studied as a man until Holmes' embarrassing skills & necessitated his firing. "I always sat myself in the back," he says, "and just watched. Today's fighters don't discipline, they don't dedicate. But worst of all, they don't sit themselves in the back...