Word: back-and-forth
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Every hockey game is filled with highs and lows, momentum changes and back-and-forth scoring; a solid team is capable of riding out the good and the bad without collapsing or losing its composure...
After all, it took more than 85 minutes of field hockey yesterday for this game to be decided. Harvard took a 1-0 lead early in the second period, Northeastern tied it up and the overtimes were highlighted by wild, back-and-forth play...
Major television networks finally pulled the harshest spots, while ABC went so far as to ban pharmaceutical commercials containing charges against rival drug companies. The networks feared people might become too confused by the back-and-forth exchanges and therefore ignore and-fourth exchanges and therefore ignore not only the charges leveled at the two drugs but also the important restrictions actually printed on the bottle. Other painkiller manufacturers fretted that the public might decrease consumption of all painkillers because they were so confused about painkiller restrictions...
Saturday night's contest was what a tournament game should be: back-and-forth action with emotions flowing wildly. For two periods, this intensity kept Harvard and St. Lawrence dead-locked as both teams refused to back down...
...have been switching the line-up around a little bit because we have nine guys on the team and only six can play singles at a time," Arnold said. "Everyone on the team is playing well now, and the challenge matches [for team positioning] have been back-and-forth and very close...