Word: 131st
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...victory to make themselves heroes to the refugees and grab a share of KFOR's authority. For an entire day, despite heavy cloudbursts, rebel units staged a massive victory parade that jammed downtown Prizren. They deployed everywhere around Pec, setting up checkpoints, patrolling the empty streets. "Tell KFOR the 131st Brigade of the [K.L.A.] is based at the publishing house," announced Commander Et'hem Ceku as he pulled up with troops in a minivan. "I am responsible for the civil and administrative matters of Pec." In the hills, K.L.A. units looked anything but ready to disperse. At an encampment near...
Nothing showed that better than the stunned looks and tears of disappointment on the faces of the Harvard women's soccer team moments after they dropped a heartbreaking triple-overtime decision to UMass at Ohiri Field yesterday. Freshman defender Jessica Larson's ill-struck header in the 131st minute resulted in an own goal and put a premature end to Harvard's sparkling 1996 season...
...NCAAs, accompainied by Goetze in her first appearance, the Las Vegas bookies didn't lose their shirts. Taking place this year at Iowa State, Carswell took 17th place amidst windy conditions and gained All-American status. Goetze, meanwhile, was hampered by a stomach virus and could only muster 131st...
...transplanted Australian with little reverence for the national pastime. He was recently quoted in the New York Times Magazine as telling his executives, "If anybody talks about any dead guys during a broadcast, I'll sack 'em." (Good thing Fox didn't televise Cal Ripken's 2,131st straight game last year: "Cal Ripken has now played in more consecutive games than...anybody.") Hill explains himself: "What I meant when I said that was I didn't want the announcers just to drop names of dead guys without putting them in context. We now have someone going over old films...
Carswell ran well, crossing the finish line 17th and earning honors as a an All-American. But his teammate, Goetze, who had contracted a virus, was happy to finish 131st...