Word: blew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dodgers, who beat the Phillies 11 out of 12 times this year and have dominated them in championship series in 1977 and 1978, blew several chances to score last night. In the sixth inning. Steve Sax led off with a single and advanced to second on Bill Russell's sacrifice bunt. Sax went to third on Carlton's 14th wild pitch of the year, but was left stranded there when Dusty Baker popped to Carlton, and Mike Marshall waved at strike three...
...Phillies also blew some chances to add security runs. In the top of the seventh, Garry Maddox singled with one out, and after Bo Diaz grounded out, Ivan DeJesus was intentionally walked. Both runners advanced on a wild pitch from Reuss, but were left stranded as Carlton struck out for the second time...
Seconds after his shouted message, a stupendous explosion of trapped gases, generating about 500 times the force of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, blew the entire top off Mount St. Helens. In a single burst St. Helens was transformed from a postcard-symmetrical cone 9,677 ft. high to an ugly flattop 1,300 ft. lower. Clouds of hot ash made up of pulverized rock were belched twelve miles into the sky. Giant mud slides, composed of melted snow mixed with ash, rumbled down the slopes and crashed through valleys, leaving millions of trees knocked down in rows...
Comer, who had called a lay day for Monday for fear of the light winds predicted for Rhode Island Sound, found himself in similar unfavorable conditions for most of today's race. Southwest winds of 10 knots blew under bright skies at the start...
...descend, but were ignored. The co-pilot later denied that any signals were given. In any event, Soviet commanders, fully aware that it was a commercial plane, gave the order to attack. One interceptor then fired two heat-seeking missiles. The second struck an engine on the 707 and blew a hole in the fuselage, killing two passengers and injuring 13. Crippled but still under power, the jet plunged from 35,000 ft. to 3,000 ft. before leveling off. It crash-landed 45 minutes later on an ice-covered lake. The Soviet authorities never owned up to the attack...