Word: assaults
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...squads exchanged possessions in the early moments of the last period, but the Huskies broke through the Crimson defense at the 6:12 mark to put the score at 6-1 Northeastern's offense ended the night's assault when Roseanne Boyd put a slapshot past Tate with just over three minutes remaining...
...Mayer has a past from all over the country, including arrests for prowling, assault and battery, narcotics trafficking, trespassing after warning, and distributing religious material," said a Miami police officer...
...midst of this offensive field-day came an outstanding performance from Tate. The Crimson's junior goalie finished the game with 24 saves, holding off a late B.U. offensive assault with 14 saves in the final period...
...northeast U.S. and in Canada and northern Europe, it is reducing lakes, rivers and ponds to eerily crystalline, lifeless bodies of water, killing off everything from indigenous fish stocks to microscopic vegetation. It is suspected of spiriting away mineral nutrients from the soil on which forests thrive. Its corrosive assault on buildings and water systems costs millions of dollars annually. It may also pose a substantial threat to human health, principally by contaminating public drinking water. Says Canada's Minister of the Environment John Roberts: "Acid rain is one of the most devastating forms of pollution imaginable, an insidious...
...make the water increasingly acidic, lakes and rivers turn oddly clear and bluish. Their surviving microorganisms are trapped beneath layers of moss on the bottom; the afflicted water cannot support any but the most primitive forms of life. Some areas, rich in alkaline limestone, are able to resist the assault by "buffering" or neutralizing acid precipitation. But much of New York, New England, eastern Canada and Scandinavia is covered with thin, rocky topsoil left by glaciers long ago, and is particularly vulnerable to acid rain...