Word: touche
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard's first drive of the game, that's just what happened. The trailing backs picked up two or three touch yards running inside every other play, but the Crimson really tore upfield on the plays the running...
...Crimson played the entire game like a cobra poised to strike; always poised, never striking. Last year's leading scorers, Walter Diaz and Lee Nelson (who was admittedly marked closely all day) could not seem to find their touch...
Nelson is a junior (senior eligibility) with dancing feet, a crafty touch on the soccer field, and an innate knack for the goal. Diaz, a sophomore, has a compact, powerful build and a quick, hard shot to match...
...cheering started up in the tent a quarter of an hour before King made his entrance. "Dump the Duke," they chanted, although the just-announced concession speech made that sentiment a bit dated. Then a touch of originality: "The Duke is dead, long live the King," on and on for a solid seven minutes--good, lusty, raw-throated cheering. Then the man struggled into the tent and the blood frenzy began, an animal roar on the verge of losing control, the disbelief and delight and confusion all muddled together, losing all sense. The band switched from its 14th rendering...
...only unknown, he was unpronouncable. But he was also smart, creative, had a good staff, and about $400,000 worth of power behind him. He went on television early and used a self-effacing ad that began with a series of ordinary citizens mispronouncing his name--a touch of humor that spelled the beginning of the end for Guzzi...