Word: atop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Connally, too, immersed himself quickly in the island ways. In the mountain towns of Coamo and Juana Díaz, he sipped Maví, a tropical bark drink, and wolfed down alcapurrias (plantain stuffed with meat). As he rode down the main street of Ponce, whistles shrieked from atop the century-old red firehouse and a loudspeaker in a blue van barked to pedestrians: "El quiere saludarte. Dale tu mano." (He wants to say hello. Shake his hand.) They cheered wildly when he grabbed a microphone to yell, ?"Estadidad ahora!"(statehood now). On the next day, he strolled down Calle...
Occasionally, the candidato turned awkward. After mounting a native paso fino horse in Caguas and finding himself atop an unfamiliar English saddle, Connally experienced a few nervous moments when the mare bounded down a rain-slicked brick street. In Coamo, he told a questioner that if Puerto Rico becomes a state, "you will first be an American, and second you will be a Puerto Rican." Anti-statehooders seized on the statement as proof that the island's cultural identity would disappear, but Connally later recovered, sort of. "You'll hardly know you have it [statehood]," he told...
...when the 1978-80 season started, B.C. didn't stop. After an inauspicious 5-4 overtime loss to Ohio State (hardly a hockey powerhouse), the Eagles ripped through the first ten weeks with only one loss in ECAC play to gain a secure position atop the Eastern Division and a third-place national ranking. An 8-6 upset by Dartmouth last Wednesday ended B.C.'s eight-game winning streak, but the squad is flying...
...line with freshmen Dave Connors and Derek Malmquist, the scrappy McDonald has blended his experience with their enthusiasm to form a potent combination. The Crimson, still smarting from the tough 6-2 loss to B.C., travels to Princeton, N.J. Saturday to face the Tigers, who currently sit atop the Ivy League with a 3-0-0 record. That contest will be Harvard's last until after exams. The team travels to Maine on February...
...constitution that turned Iran into a theocracy. Approved overwhelmingly in a Dec. 2-3 referendum, the constitution provided for an elected President and parliament, but placed above them a "guardian council" of devout Muslims to make sure that nothing the elected bodies do violates Islamic law. Atop the structure is a faqih (literally, jurisprudent), the leading theologian of Iran, who must approve...