Word: beate
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tony Eason left the fray uninjured in the second quarter following no completions. By the finish, Collins led all New England rushers with 4 yds. Craig James, who had overrun the Miami Dolphins for the conference championship, gained 3 ft. On a goalline galumph, rotund Rookie William ("Refrigerator") Perry beat the bookies' 12- to-1 odds by scoring a Bear touchdown; against all expectations, Walter ("Sweetness") Payton was shut out. For stripping two fumbles, Chicago Defensive End Richard Dent added to his ongoing salary fight the negotiable distinction of Most Valuable Player...
...University of Minnesota basketball team had won a squeaker on the road, relying on a last-second shot to beat Big Ten Conference Rival Wisconsin, 67-65, in Madison. But after the game the celebrating apparently got out of hand. Three players were arrested on charges of raping an 18-year-old woman who had been enticed back to their hotel from a party. A shaken University President Kenneth Keller ordered the Golden Gophers to forfeit their next game and said he was considering canceling the team's entire remaining schedule. The forfeiture, the first of its kind...
...million campaign chest make him all but invincible as he prepares to run for re-election this year. State Republicans, fearing that Cuomo may also be a strong presidential candidate in 1988, have been courting an unlikely contender who they think could at least bloody, if not beat, the Governor. Last week Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State in the Nixon and Ford Administrations, allowed that Republican leaders had urged him to run, and that he was actually engaged in a "consideration of their views...
...Democrats, doubted that the diplomat turned high-priced consultant is cut out for local politics or the rigors of the campaign trail. As Cuomo told the New York Times: "I know more about Buffalo than Beirut. Dr. Kissinger would be the other side of the coin." But could he beat the great global strategist? Yes, said the Governor, by "at least one vote...
...Jennings, were at a White House briefing, in preparation for Tuesday's scheduled State of the Union address, when Presidential Chief of Staff Donald Regan announced the news. The two anchormen raced out of the room together, heading for their Washington studios. Brokaw got a taxi first, but Jennings beat him onto the air, sliding into a seat next to Morning Newsman Steve Bell shortly after noon. Brokaw joined NBC's John Palmer, anchoring in New York, a few minutes later...