Word: attacking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...could be used to sweep the skies and detect incoming missiles, and may some day be powerful enough to destroy enemy missiles in space. The day may not be too far off when lasers can blind an enemy's early warning system and leave him vulnerable to missile attack. Strong and still unexplained infra-red light detected by U.S. early warning satellites over Russia recently heightened speculation that the Soviets may be experimenting with such devices. U.S. scientists are believed to be working on a similar system...
...Died. The Rev. Dallas Tarkenton, 63, Pentecostal Holiness Church minister and father of Minnesota Viking Quarterback Fran Tarkenton; of a heart attack, while watching his son's team lose to the Dallas Cowboys, 17-14, in an N.F.L. play-off game; in Savannah...
...Died. Euell Gibbons, 64, naturalist, connoisseur of wild foods and cookbook author, who in his writings and numerous television appearances campaigned to popularize a natural diet; of an apparent heart attack; in Sunbury, Pa. Gibbons became a hero of natural-food enthusiasts after the publication of his Stalking the Wild Asparagus...
Contract Catch. His decision, stayed temporarily pending appeal, was a blow to more than the football establishment. It was an ominous sign to baseball and basketball, whose own reserve rules are under attack. The week before Larson's decision, a baseball arbitration panel stunned owners by deciding that two pitchers who have played out their contracts-Andy Messersmith of the Dodgers and Dave McNally of the Expos-are free to negotiate with any team. In basketball, legal skirmishes have already caused setbacks for the reserve system. A Players Association suit against the N.B.A. is expected to eliminate all restraints...
...night he had an argument with ugly Norman Garrison, husband of Bob's second wife Sandy, Norman collapsed with a heart attack, and Bob's current wife Jennifer was killed in a car crash. Later, Norman also died. Meanwhile, Superbitch Lisa, Bob's first wife and once the most hated woman on TV, has a fourth husband, Grant Coleman, and has mellowed. Bob's son Tom is married to the scheming Natalie, whom he defended in court. Bob's sister-in-law, pretty Kim, is married to nasty Dr. John Dixon, who has spent years trying to stop her from...