Word: clincher
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...helpful, to the reporters on the beat. His experience as a Fox News broadcaster and radio personality was obvious; his quick wit and verbal dexterity made him fun to spar with, but his precision with language, and with the complicated details of policy, made him remarkably effective. But the clincher for a skeptical media was his disarming honesty. When he didn't know an answer, he said the rarest words in Washington - "I don't know." When he made a mistake he made a point of admitting...
...stayed behind, lingering over the highlights from the clincher. I’m saving my street celebrations for next week...
...came from sophomore Derrick Barker. Barker struggled in the Holy Cross game, and the second-year player had a tough start to the day, matched up against speedy Brown receiver Paul Raymond. But he found more of a rhythm in the second half—his interception was the clincher, coming with just over 1:30 left in the game. The spirit of the defense in the second half is promising for a squad that has to travel to Lehigh next weekend and face dual-threat quarterback Sedale Threatt. But it seems the Harvard...
Senior shortstop Lauren Brown hit a two-run home run to left in the top of the fourth to break a 2-2 tie and the Crimson (31-13) held on to win the series clincher in front of over 300 fans...
...Ronald Reagan and accelerated during the Clinton years, has been a spectacular boon to northern Virginia. The once green region offered land, few restrictions on business and a transport hub in Dulles International Airport. The presence of the Pentagon, that greatest of cash-spewing economic-development engines, was the clincher...