Word: strides
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seventh inning, the softballers finally hit their stride Harvard battled around, and when the dust had cleared, the Crimson had turned a 6-5 cliffhanger into a 13.5 laugher...
...most courageous performance of the afternoon, however, came from freshman Steve Ezeji-Okoye. He got off to a poor start at the beginning of the high hurdles and lost his stride trying to overcompensate. As he leapt over the eighth hurdle, struggling for the lead with Brown's Kelly Brothers, his trail foot caught on the hurdle and both Ezeji-Okoye and the hurdle went crashing to the ground...
...women, then took it a step further. She can stand tall or keep her hands in her pockets, and the jacket will fit. The way the armholes fit-just right. The waistband sits properly. The skirt pleats are deep. A woman can move easily. His suits have a stride...
...BASEBALL PURIST can take Luciano's description of the blunders as an expose. He can take it as a vicious strike right at the heart of baseball's integrity. Or he can take it simply as added color to an otherwise stand baseball world Luciano takes it in stride, and always with an air of tongue in cheek. "Hey, what did you expect," he would undoubtedly ask the righteous, "did you think the umpire was perfect...
...points to reach the 1000-point plateau, and after a 14-point effort against the Elis, and missing five of his first six shots against Brown, his chances looked less than promising. But the 6-ft. 4-in, swing-man kept firing it up and before long hit the stride that made him the all-time leading Harvard scorer...