Word: blew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bartholomew was in his fifth-floor office talking with British Ambassador Miers. Elsewhere on the same floor, U.S. Political Officer David Winn was conferring with a Dutch diplomat. Said Winn later: "We heard a burst of automatic fire, and we both looked at each other, and then it blew." He and others rushed to the Ambassador's office, where they found Miers shaken but not seriously hurt. The British envoy asked them to help him dig out Bartholomew, who was so covered with rubble that he was not even visible. Like Miers, Bartholomew was not badly injured...
...answers to the Harvard women's soccer team's scoring blues were blowing in the wind yesterday as the Crimson blew away the University of New Hampshire...
...however, isn't the only thing approaching perfection at Ohiri these days. Yesterday afternoon Coach Scalise's charges played a half of brilliant soccer, blew out Springfield, 3-0, and demonstrated that the Crimson is planning on living up to its advance billing...
...general chairman of the campaign. On the eve of the party's convention last month, Mondale had tapped Jimmy Carter's former Budget Director, who had been indicted and then cleared of charges of bank fraud, to head the Democratic National Committee. When a storm of protest blew up over the choice, Lance was shifted to an ill-defined political post. The nominee made no attempt to dissuade the disheartened Georgian from quitting...
...negotiate for the release of the hostages. The Iranians acted reluctantly, perhaps because of their anger over extensive French arms sales to Iraq. By Thursday morning, all 14 of the women and children on board were released. That afternoon the remaining hostages were herded onto the runway. The hijackers blew up the plane's cockpit, then surrendered. French Chargé d'Affaires Jean Perrin called the explosion "a little matter of honor...