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...consolation game, the Crimson had little trouble with Penn, opening up an early ten-point lead. A squad of mostly substitutes played much of the game and handed the Quakers a convincing trouncing...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Hoopsters Lose to Yale In Women's Ivy Tourney | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...Crimson hoopsters, undaunted by the Huskies' heavy onslaught, responded to the challenge and were able to control the pace once again. Guard Karen Ueda drove past two Huskies for a lay-up to give Harvard a decisive ten-point lead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J.V. Cagers Victorious, 59-51; Ashley Tops Scoring With 16 | 1/11/1979 | See Source »

...defense is weak," coach Carole Kleinfelder said after the game, conceding that rebounding remains a problem. Holpuch, despite a strong ten-point effort in the second half, garnered only one rebound on the evening...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Hoopsters Down Manhattanville, 66-32 | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

Martin added a pair of goals to outpoint Faught in this season's scoring race, 75-71. His ten-point effort against the Big Green fell one short of a school record Faught tied earlier in the week against Williams...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Stickmen Cruise Past Dartmouth, 23-7 | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

...Ten-point men: lawyers who specialize in settling personal-injury suits steered to them by other lawyers. The ten-point man often manages a settlement simply by bribing an insurance-claim adjuster. He gets his nickname because, for this service, he is usually paid 10% of the total settlement, keeping half and giving the other half to the claim adjuster as a payoff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Boxcars and Rainmakers: A Glossary | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

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