Word: blew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...BLEW THEM AWAY," gleefully announced Admiral Joseph Metcalf III, the commander of U.S. forces in Grenada, as some of the 6000 American troops began withdrawing from the island. Indeed, the Pentagon completed most of its military objectives on the first few days of the two-week war. Meanwhile, our embarrassed European allies deplored the invasion; our delighted adversaries quickly racked up much-needed propaganda points. The legality of U.S. intervention will remain forever unresolved, the battle lines fiercely drawn along ideological lines. Perhaps now is the time to distance ourselves from this bickering and begin to examine the future...
...even with the talented sophomore in the lineup and Carrabino contributing 17 of the Crimson's first 28 points, Harvard found itself on the short end of a 29-28 score with just five minutes left in the first half. By the time the buzzer blew, however, the Crimson was on top 40-33, thanks to 10 points from a hot-handed Bob Ferry...
After a lethargic first period in New Haven, the booters came storming out in the second half, and blew the Elis off the field. "The second half was a different game. We played like we can," Captain Leo Lanzillo said...
...There's no question that individual advisors last individual students in individual cases," he said. "But for every one there are untold cases of students who could not be dissuaded from doing something by an advisor and blew...
...trying to rout Cuban soldiers in their well-fortified Calivigny barracks when it called for Navy air help. Their position was close to an abandoned Cuban antiaircraft gun that still pointed toward the sky. From the air it looked like the intended target. "All of a sudden the world blew up," said Lieut. Scott Schafer, who was hit by shrapnel when the Corsair fired. Twelve paratroopers were wounded. As the plane banked for another strike, a ground officer reached the pilot by radio to warn it away...