Word: almost
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...buses delivering black students to classes at South Boston High School. Three black students were injured; one student had to go to Boston City Hospital for treatment of a jaw wound. Entering the building, students were screened with hand-held metal detectors. Scuffles and fistfights marked the day almost as often as the school bell...
...sole training session for the guides, Kyriazis stressed the importance of "contact upkeep." Kyriazis passed out a one-page information sheet, which instructed SHS members to "contact your freshman almost immediately for a group lunch/dinner at your House" and "procure telephone numbers." It continued: "Contact again for individual follow-up meetings (their emphasis). The document yielded only one substantive piece of counsel. "Always be informal in tone and approach...
...long experience compels us to acknowledge that, thanks to your efforts, we have found in your people souls endowed with all the docility of spirit and good will that could be desired. And while the vicissitudes and failings of almost all the traditionally Catholic nations inspire sadness, the state of your church and their flourishing youth rejoice our soul...
...last few minutes of the game, Harvard regained a little of its earlier intensity. Villar almost banged home a beautiful, soft Walter Diaz chip with his knee and thigh but Coombs managed to come out to block the ball. Right before the whistle, captain and fullback John Sanacare, pushing forward for only the second or third time in the game, launched a cross that Keller-Sarmiento flicked with his head and Coombs had to tip over...
Wesleyan spilled first blood almost 13 minutes after the intermission when King guided a pass from Tim Schwarz past Erulkar...