Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Whenever we got close, they'd hit a big shot, or we'd miss with a chance to tie, and finally we were forced to foul down the stretch," Scott said...
...time defending Ivy League champions refused to quit. Co-captain Allison Feaster took over down the stretch, scoring 13 of the Crimson's final 19 points to lead Harvard to victory. The most crucial baskets of the game, however, would belong to two of Feaster's teammates...
...technology may be fueling gains in productivity, but that means many people are working harder than before, especially since their laptops and cell phones stretch the office all the way home. Car repairmen are carrying beepers; husbands and wives rise in the morning and log on to read their E-mail before they make the coffee; the TV in the neighborhood sports bar is tuned to CNBC, because the trading never stops. Americans are working 160 hours more each year than they did 20 years ago, moonlighting is on the rise and nearly half the respondents in one survey said...
...VOLKSWAGEN: "SUNDAY AFTERNOON" Most car ads talk about the car or the life-style of its owner. VW's infectious spot does neither. Instead, it shows two slacker twentysomethings cruising aimlessly around a desolate stretch of Los Angeles in their VW Golf to the monotonous ditty Da Da Da. They retrieve an abandoned chair from the street, only to discard it minutes later after detecting its stench, then drive off, leaving viewers with this message about the car: "It fits your life or the complete lack thereof." The spot breathed new life into its sound-track song, a 1982 release...
Harvard committed 21 turnovers over a span of 18 minutes including the end of the first half and the start of the second. The Wildcats outscored the Crimson 37-16 during this stretch which culminated in UNH tying the game...