Word: clocking
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Shortly before 5 o'clock, the dignitaries were introduced. Poland's President Henryk Jablonski, a silver-haired figure in a black overcoat: a smattering of applause. Franciszek Cardinal Macharski of Cracow wearing crimson biretta and robes: hearty applause. Then Union Leader Lech Walesa, the improbable hero of last summer's strikes, bundled in his customary duffel coat: tumultuous applause. After a minute of silence, the city's church bells began to peal, and ship sirens wailed from the port, a keening cry that sent shivers through the crowd. The names of those who died at Gdansk...
After Majano's sacking, leaders of the military and the Christian Democrat Party held round-the-clock negotiating sessions to reshuffle the government. At week's end Christian Democrat Leader José Napoleón Duarte emerged as a civilian President, while Colonel Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez was made vice president and commander in chief of the armed forces. The existing junta will now act simply as a legislative body. Duarte, a prominent liberal, has been a key moderating force in the junta. Gutierrez has a reputation as a hard-lining conservative...
With 1:47 on the clock, Crimson coach Bill Cleary pulled goalie Wade Lau, but even six skaters couldn't turn the trick. Gaudet came up with one more tough save, on a Mark Fusco slapshot with about a minute...
What happened during the halftime break nobody knows, but when the game reconvened it was an entirely different Crimson team that took the floor. After a 20-minute delay, a malfunctioning scoreboard and time clock replaced by a manual chalkboard and little red signs to signal fouls and timeouts, imbuing the game with a nostalgic, high-school atmosphere, the second half and the Friar dominance started...
...Crimson tried to run out the clock by settling into a stall, New Hampshire guard Robin Dixon intercepted a Fleming to Dixon pass and drove the length of the court for an easy two points and a 79-78 Wildcat lead. Following the inbounds pass, Mannix manuevered to the left side of the key and let loose with the game-winning shot...