Word: breathless
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Breathless...
After ten minutes of breathless back and forth scoring did not change the tenpoint gap between the squads, the Springfiled coach called a time out. Chanthing "boards, boards, boards" like an obsessed pre-law adviser, the Springfiled coach unleashed an inspired Chiefs team that systematically narrowed Harvard's lead, closing to withing four points with 1:18 left to play...
...times, the contest looked more like a football scrimmage than a basketball game. Repeated fast breaks left players breathless and the score unchanged, while long passes sailed into opposing team hands like backfield interceptions...
...concern focused primarily on what effect the boycott of Iranian oil would have on the domestic economy. Would long gasoline lines return? Would prices for fuels of all sorts take another breathless leap? Would inflation surge, interest rates rise and the economy slip deeper into recession...
...take a little while before the first-year flub-ups ended and the freshmen settled down to play solid hockey; and it did--about ten minutes. By the time the four-goal third period came to a close, everybody but the sadly out-of-place Northeastern cheerleaders wore a breathless smile...