Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...period three that helped make up for the frustration the Crimson went home with after all six of its previous games. After UConn hit the net twice in the early minutes of the stanza, Harvard began a scoring spree that did not end until the game's final seconds...
...overtime, the Bentley starters, who had played nearly the entire game, continued their determined play. Equally determined, Curry and co-captain Wendy Carle hit the clutch baskets the hoopsters needed to top Bentley for the first time in four years...
Dixon followed the assist with a three-point play, and Mannix hit another long jump shot for what was to be the biggest lead of the half, 17-9, as the game neared the one-quarter mark...
After a needless Mannix foul allowed Yale to tie the score with 2:45 left, the teams traded baskets until the authorities pasted Harvard's Tom Clarke with a technical foul that cost the Crimson cagers three points. But Crimson captain Bob Allen hit two foul shots to knot the game at 41-41--a fitting close to the foul-filled half...
Those who thought that song lyrics had reached Rock bottom can still hear the refrain of that disco hit: YMCA ... YMCA... YMCA. The Unicorn Hunters, a society of zealous word watchers based at Lake Superior State College in Michigan, offer a list of current English scourges. Among them: "ballpark figure," "pre-boarding-how can you board a plane before you board it?" and "no problem." Even insult has lost its point: "I couldn't care less" has degenerated to the meaningless "I could care less." Greetings are equally vapid: telephone operators now routinely use '80s-babble, chirping, "Have...