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Word: batons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...choral group in a rendition of "Dominum Salvum Fac," which is the traditional presidential song because it includes the phrase nostrum presidentae, "our president." The laughter this generated attracted a wandering television crew, which unfortunately missed outon the chance to catch Bok with his baton up. Bokand his assistant maestros had already returned toMassachusetts Hall...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: Of Postage Stamps, Old Porters And the Wrong Anniversary | 9/4/1986 | See Source »

...when his experimental aircraft is forced down over the Bering Sea, he becomes a Native American fugitive in a 20th century world, retracing the path his ancestors took across the strait to fresh hunting grounds. In pursuit are the current equivalent of bounty hunters: Soviet agents under the baton of the crafty Colonel Zamatev. The influence of Film Director John Ford soon seems to overshadow the action: "(Joe's) hair had grown long, and rather than try to cut it with his knife he had begun wearing it in two braids that hung down over his chest. All you need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Aug. 4, 1986 | 8/4/1986 | See Source »

...unrest flared two weeks ago, as students at Yarmouk University, 42 miles north of Amman, staged strikes and sit-ins demanding lower fees and student rights. When Communists and Brotherhood activists joined the demonstrations, baton-wielding riot police moved in. At least three students were killed and hundreds wounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jordan: A Wary King Cracks Down | 6/2/1986 | See Source »

...4x100 relay Harvard broke to an early five yard lead. The Yale runners dropped the baton during the first exchange, immediately disqualifying themselves...

Author: By Rich Heise, | Title: Bulldogs Befuddle Tracksters | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

...buses moved out, with baton-swinging officers struggling with demonstrators who hurled objects and blocked the buses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Berkeley, Wellesley, B.U. See Protests | 4/4/1986 | See Source »

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