Word: stretched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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During one particularly strenuous stretch, a voice--half comforting, half comical--boomed out from the back of the line: "Steady...
While the Giants (16-2) terrorized the league from the season's second game, the Broncos (13-5) at one stretch went ten weeks without a two-game winning or losing streak. Only a couple of months ago, the Giants and Broncos met in New Jersey, and New York won on a Martin interception, 19-16. "Their pass defense was terrific," said Simms. "I hate playing teams with terrific pass defenses." Of Elway, Taylor mused, "I sure hope we don't have to face him again." If everyone is right, and the Giants win their first world championship...
...that bitter day six years ago, Idaho Fish and Game Officers Bill Pogue and Conley Elms, chasing a poacher, trekked to Dallas' winter quarters at Bull Camp, a secluded stretch of sage about 110 miles south of Boise. They confronted Dallas and searched his camp, where they discovered deer meat and bobcat hides. Pogue, a no-nonsense officer with a flair for pen-and-ink sketches, told the poacher he'd broken the game laws. An argument ensued. Though Dallas claims Pogue started to draw first, the jumpy poacher blasted Pogue with his .357 Ruger Security-Six revolver, then spun...
Dartmouth's Bryan Randall led all scorers in the contest with 18 points, half of them coming from the foul line. Guard Len Bazelak also had a good night for the Big Green, putting in 17 points including three big three-pointers down the stretch...
...Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. He has homes in Marbella, Paris, Cannes, the Canary Islands, Madrid, Rome, Beirut, Riyadh, Jidda and Monte Carlo. His 282- ft. yacht Nabila (complete with helicopter) makes Queen Elizabeth's Britannia look like a package-tour ship. His fleet includes three commercial- size jets, twelve stretch Mercedes limousines, a total of 100 vehicles and a stable of Arabian horses...