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Word: swishes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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With five seconds on the clock, Crimson guard Jeff Sinek took a pass from teammate Tom Clarke, dribbled to the right side of the foul line and arched a graceful 15-ft. jump shot. The buzzer sounded, and...swish! Sinek had his ninth and tenth points of the season, and Harvard beat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cagers Dump Engineers; Subs Strut Their Stuff | 1/13/1982 | See Source »

After a quick exchange of baskets, UNH sharpshooter Robin Dixon brought the Wildcats to within one at 71-70 with a 15-ft. swish, and Carrabino took an elbow to that eye that put him on the bench for a minute and a half...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Hoopsters Top UNH, 77-73; Carrabino, Fleming Sparkle | 12/16/1981 | See Source »

That 20-foot swish by Mannix was the last field goal in regulation time--which ended at 50-50--for either team. The Crimson's forty-ninth point--the first of two Fleming foul shots--marked the junior forward's 1263rd career point, and made him the Crimson's all-time leading scorer, pushing him past Keith Sedlacek who finished his career in 1966 with 1262 points. Fleming led all scorers in the game with 24 points...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Hoopsters Drop OT Thriller to Tigers | 2/28/1981 | See Source »

...Stephen Perry's ranch near Galveston, Texas, a black cloud of insects settles on a herd of grazing cattle. The cows frantically swish their tails, trying ineffectively to brush off the bugs. One by one the cows drop dead-40 in all. Scientists at Texas A. & M. veterinary laboratories determine that as much as 5 gal. of blood has been sucked from some of the animals, more than half of a cow's normal blood supply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: The Killer Mosquitoes | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

...generate 2,000 kw of electricity, it is also, it seems, the world's noisiest. Besides dominating the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains landscape-or despoiling it, as some of those living near by complain-the monster rattles windows, bounces cups and saucers and creates an irritating swish-swish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Noisy Windmill | 6/2/1980 | See Source »

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