Word: blanking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Otherwise, contradictions abounded. Though the Administration long refused to endorse abrogation of the May 17 accord, by last week Reagan had evidently reconciled himself to seeing the pact scrapped. Asked point-blank at a breakfast with reporters whether he would accept discarding of the agreement "if it were necessary for the Gemayel government to survive," the President replied, "We're not a party to it, so there's no way that we should have a position one way or the other on whether it is abrogated or not. That is up to the parties involved...
...denying that the world is an increasingly dangerous place in which U.S. vigilance and sobriety is sorely called for to meet whatever military challenges may arise. But this shouldn't mean that the American public has to hand over a blank check to the Pentagon especially when it can't be sure that check is going to be cashed wisely. Many have claimed that the U.S. armed forces banks too much on overly complicated weapons systems that are prone to excessive cost overruns and might not work on the battle field the M-1 tank and the F-18 fighter...
Blair is streaking, as the Elis found out Saturday. The sophomore stopped 25 shots, many of them point blank, four of them in quick succession on a Yale breakaway just 5:15 into the game...
...Friday. Seated in an unadorned studio, Newscaster Igor Kirilov solemnly began to read the official text: "The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R., and the Council of Ministers . . ." At that point the screen went blank for a moment, and then the outlines of a familiar face with heavy spectacles appeared. Kirilov continued to intone offscreen: ". . . with deep sorrow inform the party and the entire Soviet people that Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme...
Harvard won, 10-2, and went on to blank B.C. in the final, 2-0. The Crimson hasn't won a Beanpot game since...