Word: awaying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years ago, the Crimson Express was on its way to an 8-2 season and an undisputed Ivy League title. But its stop in Ithaca was nothing but a heartbreak. Leading 17-15 in the last two minutes of the game, the Crimson was forced to punt the ball away. A few plays later, wide receiver Shaun Hawkins played hot potato with the ball in the end zone before clutching the desperation pass for the dramatic, go-ahead touchdown...
Despite his withdrawal, Kelsen said he would act as a rank-and-file representative to move the council away from political issues and toward student services...
...litany of environmental hazards associated with our throw-away society is old news. Deteriorating styrofoam releases chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), resulting in serious depletion of the earth's protective ozone layer. A group of British scientists reported in 1985 that the ozone layer over Antartica had been diminished by 40 percent. Despite global agreements to curb their use, CFCs' destructive potential lasts long after they are released. And even CFC- free styromfoams are not harmless; they will clog our landfills for centuries to come...
...Harvard more effectively build a truly representative faculty without compromising the quality of scholarship? One solution is to lure eminent minority and female scholars away from other institutions with tantalizing offers of tenure...
...addition, the "hiring away" method is insufficient because it does not make a contribution to the nationwide dearth of women and minority academics. This is not to suggest that Harvard can be faulted for going after the finest available scholars. Academic excellence, after all, is this institution's modus vivendi...