Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Coach said it was going to be a big year for freshmen," said Fusco, adding, "It didn't really show against the Olympians because, well, they're Olympians. But this team has the talent--I knew it was gonna work...
Running back Dick Manny picked up big chunks of yardage on sideline screen passes, and with thirty seconds remaining in the period, Eliot was on the twenty yard line...
...voted for Richard Nixon. He was for the Vietnam War. Michael Harrington worked for the things Georgine fought against. Normally one would expect to find them at each other's throats. But on one issue, the crucial one, they agree--the American economic system is in a crisis and big business is at fault. Unity in diversity: the essence of coalition politics...
...jump from the Eastern champions to NCAA title contenders is a very big one. No squad can reasonably expect to challenge the country's swimming superpowers at the NCAA meet unless it is challenged consistently throughout the season. Likewise, the several potential Olympians on the Crimson squad need head-to-head competition with their peers if they are to earn the right to participate in next summer's Moscow Olympics...
...very amusing. Young Michael, it seems, was reared by a family that overstressed winning. He became so afraid of losing that he developed to near-genius level the ability to find excuses for not competing at all. So now Michael does not have to win the big race at the end. All he has to do is run it full out, and if you are actually wondering if he manages to do so, then you had better run right along to Running...