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Word: backed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...none of this is news to Stargell. He predicted a Pirate victory back in April. And, his reasoning makes as much sense now as-it did then: "We've got heart...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bucs Beat Reds; Lead 2-0 in Series | 10/4/1979 | See Source »

...prize nuggets, really. This season, brother Paul Scheper, a sophomore, joined Dave on the Harvard varsity. Like his brother, a conquest of super-recruiter Francis P. Locke '33, Paul moved up from fifth string running back at the start of the season to making the traveling squad. Dave's pride in his brother's achievements does not, however, extend to Paul's defection from the ranks of Notre Dame fans...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Dave Scheper: The Center of Attraction | 10/4/1979 | See Source »

Scheper began communicating back in Pony League baseball, when he would take over the loud speaker and broadcast the games. He moved up to a videotape machine in high school, and then, while warming the bench sophomore year, he and fullback Al Altieri would do play-by-plays from the sidelines...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Dave Scheper: The Center of Attraction | 10/4/1979 | See Source »

...back when the general public was relatively unaware of the dangers of nuclear power, the Clamshell Alliance formed as a loose coalition of grass-roots antinuclear groups throughout New England, united in calling for an end to the Seabrook plant and the shutdown of nuclear plants in New England and across the nation. Sharing a common perception that the nuclear regulatory process had become a farce, Clamshell concluded that only direct citizen action could stop nuclear power...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STOP Seabrook Oct 6 | 10/4/1979 | See Source »

...realize that a successful occupation is a difficult task, but we cannot wait passively for another accident to happen. We cannot leave the responsibility to others. This winter will test all of us. Those in power are seeing how far they can push us. We must push back...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STOP Seabrook Oct 6 | 10/4/1979 | See Source »

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