Word: attacking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...exciting Detroit Tigers put on a show last night at Fenway Park, banging out two hits en route to a 3-0 loss to the Red Sox. Ron LeFlore and Alex Johnson led the attack with a single apiece bunched into the first three innings, but the Bengals were unable to capitalize on the outbursts...
...measures will mean more hardship for Rhodesia's blacks as well. Salisbury recently forced 2,000 Africans to move from their tribal homes in the southeastern border area near the scene of a brazen Easter Sunday attack by guerrillas, who killed three South African tourists and derailed a freight train. Hundreds of other blacks have been awakened in the middle of the night by security police to be questioned or hauled off to detention...
...N.B.A. has ever produced. Forward Julius ("Dr. J") Erving of the Nets came on like a bionic man; he averaged 38 points a game and led both teams in rebounds, steals, assists and shots blocked. The Nuggets, in the finals for the first time, countered with a harmonious passing attack and aggressive defense to stop the Nets twice before finally losing to the two-time A.B.A. champs in the sixth game...
...disproportionate number demonstrate that the former Vice President bears a chronic grudge against the press. Although The Canfield Decision is not a roman à clef, a nosy columnist named "Andy Jackerson" gets a going over. A Russian, for example, sees America in decline because "the country is under attack by professional critics with an unlimited supply of ink and microphones." Such a thing could not happen in the Soviet Union. If the author is a bit envious, it is understandable...
Like each of the other seven speakers, Leonhardt proceeded quickly from his attack on Davis a more general critique of American society, saying that Davis's views were symptomatic of a pervasive national racism...