Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also to its occasional grief, was never cut out for imperialism. Even the vestige of such an adventure at the beginning of the 20th century is enough to complicate American domestic politics and foreign policy alike at the end of the century. Teddy Roosevelt not only dug the big ditch but helped carve out the little nation around it by supporting secessionists in a malaria-ridden province of Colombia. But no good deed in the pursuit of empire goes unpunished. The legacy that T.R. left his successors has turned increasingly from a strategic and commercial boon to a political curse...
...that Blacks must be willing to go through the "comp," like I did. But I still wonder if I should have recruited them. Should bringing more Blacks into the fold be another responsiblility minority journalists should bear, as college professors who are Black are expected to act also as big siblings to students...
...never thought that I was an outstanding writer. I never covered any big beats. Most of the sports I covered averaged 75 fans or less. But I stuck with those teams, because I enjoyed working with the players and coaches...
...big was the victory? The closest team to the first-place Crimson, Penn State, was 211.5 points away...
...Cornell baseball field in Ithaca, N.Y., the Harvard baseball team bounced out of the EIBL cellar with a sweep over the Big Red. The next day, the Crimson swept the Tigers in Princeton. Harvard had turned its mediocre season around...