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Word: action (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...play of her squad did not please coach Edie MacAusland, and she will have plenty to say about it on the practice field this week. The stickwomen will be at home to open Ivy action with Penn on Saturday at 11 a.m., but first they must put their 2-2 record on line at Northeastern Wednesday against a highly regarded Husky squad. If the team is to emerge next Sunday with a winning record, they will have to solve a few of the inconsistencies that have been plaguing an otherwise successful year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stickwomen Gain 1-0 Win Despite Lackluster Play | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...Husky victory appeared almost a foregone conclusion in the early going as the action rarely strayed from the perimeter of the Crimson goal. And even when it did, Coach George Ford had moved so many strikers back on defense that a concerted charge seemed impossible...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: UConn Sneaks Past Booters | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...with the goal, the Harvard attack lagged, and the action once again became concentrated on Crimson's side of the field...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: UConn Sneaks Past Booters | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

Three more times in that drive the Harvard defense offended the officials--once for an eight-yd. pass interference call, once on an offsides violation, and once on a foul personal action. Harvard could not escape unscathed after handing UMass 46 yards in the 58-yd. drive. But the defense, after its four miscues dug in at the 1 1/2 and forced the Minutemen to settle for a 22-yd. field goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMass Penalizes Crimson, 20-7 | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...Administration, said the official, was that the "Soviets are not going to do what is satisfactory to resolve the situation." To prepare for that possibility, Carter asked the National Security Council to draw up a list of possible unilateral moves by the U.S. These stop short of military action, which the President has ruled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Battling over the Brigade | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

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