Word: bannered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sports Banner, a symbol for sports fanatics of the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, now hangs triumphantly in my living room. 8 feet by 6, it dominates the room, serving as a reminder that someplace, at this moment, someone is whomping someone else in athletic competition...
...roommate, Lou, began his quest for the banner many months ago, but his ultimate achievement came only after intricate planning and heroic exertion. Unsatisfied with his Razorback Stadium reflecting sign and his Rooter-Snooter Hog hat, he longed for fulfillment. The ABC banner...
...when UCLA was matched to play Alabama in the Liberty Bowl in Memphis. My own family ties at UCLA, and the fact that Lou lived in nearby Little Rock, Arkansas, made us plan to attend the game together. It was only after the game, as Lou clutched the precious banner in his hands, that I learned that his excitement had not been over my impending visit...
...boarded the bus for the stadium, to our dismay we found ourselves surrounded by Alabama fans--drunk Alabama fans; choruses of "Roll, Tide, Roll" were intermingled with calls for "Raaalph". But Lou was undaunted; the banner lay ahead...
Dangerous Polarity. The Socialists picked up 33% of the vote, down slightly from the 35% they got in parliamentary elections last April. The moderate Social Democrats remained in second place with 24%. The Communists, running with two minor radical parties under a United People's Electoral Front banner, staged an unexpectedly strong comeback from the June presidential elections, when their candidate got less than 8%, to take third place with 18%. The conservative Center Social Democrats (C.D.S.) got 17%. The big losers were the far-left supporters of Major Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, who drew off many Communist votes...