Word: anchors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dimensions will carry him. The picture book insert not only fleshes out the scenario, but gives the listener an almost tangible hero. At the same time there is that hint of Townshend mysticism. The idea of fusing the band's personality into one character serves as anchor and springboard...
...exchange for all they took from China, the English gave the Chinese people opium. British ships would anchor off Kowloon or slip up the forbidden coast and run the drug ashore with small launches. In the late 1830s, the famous Commissioner Lin Tse-hsu launched an effective campaign to end this illegal trade. A death penalty for opium dealing was extended to foreigners and Lin sent an urgent plea to England...
Sato showed versatility and stamina by capturing first place in the diving competitions. She also swam the anchor leg for the victorious medley relay team, won the 50-yard freestyle and finished first in the 50-yard backstroke...
...defensive side of things, Penn, like Harvard, will have to rely on some juniors and sophomores with little varsity experience. Ray Lalonde, the Quaker captain still in search of his first career goal, and Doug Werlein, an alternate, will anchor the defense as the only two veterans...
...Cuban freighter Imias has been swinging idly at anchor between two locks in the Panama Canal since Oct. 3. Throughout that tune a U.S. Zone policeman hi a tiny launch has circled the ship with unceasing vigilance. The bizarre scene is part of an international legal tangle that involves money, politics, diplomacy, a violent coup, and howls from all sides directed at the U.S. and the federal judge who is responsible for the launch's vigil...