Word: stringing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Starting with a club team in her hometown of Winchester, Mass. ("It was the first sport available to girls"), Gately went on to win a string of all-country encomiums. Her high school didn't offer soccer to girls until her senior year, when Gately circulated a petition that resulted in the formation of a team. She followed up by taking over as captain...
...because water polo features a 35-second shot clock which forces virtually continuous exertion in an area larger than a basketball court, dependable reserves are as important as a star-studded last string. According to Pike, a good team must have 11 to 14 strong players to maintain the competitive pace throughout the hour long games...
...last year was any indication, the club's defense may well salvage games in which the offense falters. Based on a string of previous campaigns, Crimson fans can expect at least a few of those...
Fierra's approval set in motion a string of court victories and regulatory clearances that is still unbroken. After years of floundering, Harvard and MATEP have begun to look like winners. Following Fierra's decision, Harvard immediately set to work on hurdling the plant's last regulatory obstacle--approval from the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)--which it did successfully, if not gracefully...
DIED. Vera-Ellen Rohe, 60, Cincinnati-born actress who, under the stage name Vera-Ellen, brought her well-scrubbed good looks and lissome dancing to a string of 1940s and 1950s Hollywood musicals, appearing opposite such stars as Gene Kelly (On the Town), Fred Astaire (Three Little Words) and Bing Crosby (White Christmas); of cancer, in Los Angeles...