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Poor Warner Wolf. What could he say for two whole days instead of "let's go to the videotape?" Sure, he could report about the strike talks--and bargaining sessions, instead of baseball scores, but there's no opportunity there to scream out, "swish," "bang," "ouch," and "gimme a break," a she is prone to do when there are real sports going...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Happy Days Are Here Again | 8/9/1985 | See Source »

...pattern was this same, unchanging chain of events: foul, whistle, dribble, swish...

Author: By Harry B. Lerner, | Title: Psyching Up With Superstition | 4/10/1985 | See Source »

...hoopsters warmed up quickly, though, when Boutilier got the home team going with a swish on a 20-footer 10 minutes into the game. Captain Val Jordan and Anna Collins added to Crimson momentum with a number of brilliant collaborations under the boards...

Author: By Paul DUKE Jr., | Title: Minutewomen Down Cagers; Havard Loses Sixth Straight | 12/7/1983 | See Source »

...between the Champs-Elysées and the Plaza Atheéneée, the seven-story, 73-room Nova-Park has mostly Swiss owners, and is conspicuously patronized by Arabs. Le Monde calls it "a triumph of pétro-baroque." Other observers have labeled the decor "Swiss swish" and "sheik chic " What is not in dispute is the cost of staying there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Hotel for the Rich | 8/16/1982 | See Source »

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 »

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