Word: swishes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Boundary Waters canoe area in northern Minnesota, along the Canadian border, is an unspoiled wilderness of lakes, rivers and streams where nothing can be heard but the swish of canoe paddles and the plaintive call of the loon. The Black Mesa, off the old Santa Fe Trail in northernmost Oklahoma, is totally undeveloped, with "self-sufficient" camping only; from its highest point 4,978 ft. above sea level, there is a view of Colorado, New Mexico and Texas...
...imitating a cock's crow at dawn; and another enters to ape a train whistle by blowing into a set of three wooden pipes. When an 11-year-old Joe Crowell appears to deliver the morning newspapers, we spot another fellow crouching to create a swish-plop on the stage floor with a wire brush and a soft beater, while Joe mimes the act of delivery. And, again, we watch someone make the sound of rattling bottles and clomping hooves although Howie Newsome's horse and milk-carrier are invisible...
...Quakers staged their second explosion of the half immediately afterwards. This time, it took only one minute and twenty-nine seconds for Bigelow to swish two jump shots, a Johnson lay-up, and a Johnson jumper which concluded the eight-point spurt and made the score Penn 64, Harvard...
Mike Griffin then hit on a long jumper, and stole a foolish Brown pass under his own basket. After bringing the ball up-court, he spotted Carey free to the left of the foul circle, Swish. Brown 77, Harvard 75, Thirty-five seconds remained...
While the Williams team fiddled around the court fouling, traveling and double dribbling, Radcliffe reeled off eight flawless points. Jeannie Guyton was the star of the first period, grabbing four points in the first two minutes. Debbie Woods contributed with a perfect outside swish, and Maude Wood collected two on an easy...