Word: balled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...indecisively, White House Counsel Lloyd Cutler and Senior Adviser Hedley Donovan urged Carter to seek help from the nation's veteran foreign-policy makers. Fifteen prominent men, including Presidential Troubleshooter Clark Clifford, former Secretaries of State Dean Rusk and Henry Kissinger, former Under Secretary of State George Ball and Panama Canal Negotiator Sol Linowitz, were summoned to the White House. First, they were given an intelligence briefing that established the existence of the Soviet brigade. It comprised 2,600 soldiers assigned to two garrisons under the command of a Soviet army colonel. The unit was equipped with 40 tanks...
...opened the scoring in the second half when, with 30 minutes gone, a penalty kick breezed past Big Red goaltender David Weed. Crimson jerseys streamed on to the field, but the celebration was premature, as officials ruled that the penalty called for an indirect kick, and the ball had gone directly into...
Walter Diaz was robbed on what looked to be a sure goal with 8:40 left in the first overtime. After bringing a bounding ball under control in front of the goal, Diaz left-footed a shot that was saved from the net by Weed's horizontal drive...
...relay hit the Oriole baserunner, and the eighth Bird run crossed the plate as the ball bounded away...
Meanwhile, the Birds extended their lead as Garcia, who rapped out four hits on the day, knocked in a run with a bloop single that eluded Pittsburgh infielder Phil Garner. Centerfielder Omar Moreno picked up the ball and alertly threw to second trapping Garcia in a rundown...