Word: blew
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...couldn't live with myself supporting a team that blew leads on a regular basis and supplied the Cowboys with their only win. It was bad for my self-esteem. It was bad for my resume. Admitting to a medical school interviewer that I was a Redskins' fan, I reasoned, would be tantamount to stamping "LOSER" across my face...
...youth is on Harvard's side. Sophomore midfielder Juan Betancourt came into his own this season, leading the team with four goals and three assists. Classmate Jason Luzak (1 goal, 3 assists) blew by defenseman after defenseman and should provide a spark to the Crimson offense next season...
This marks the government's second major effort to force miners off Yanomami lands. In May troops blew up 14 landing strips and drove out all but 8,000 of the 40,000 invaders. No sooner had the soldiers left, however, than the garimpeiros returned and rebuilt some of the airstrips. Says Joao Carlos Nicolli, regional administrator of the federal Indian agency: "The big gold lords weren't touched in the first operation. It was a show for the foreigners." He thinks the government is more serious this time. One sign: troops destroyed an airstrip belonging to Jose Altino Machado...
...Ireland's 20 years of violence have produced instances of breathtaking brutality, but last week the Irish Republican Army reached a new low when it turned innocent civilians into human bombs. Seven persons were killed and at least 36 injured in synchronized dawn attacks, when two explosive-laden vans blew up at British army checkpoints near Londonderry, in the northwest, and Newry, in the south. Their drivers, one of whom survived, had been forcibly strapped into their seats...
...Rutherford, N.J. "People may have incompatible attitudes concerning sex." Sonny, a stockbroker with conservative views, thought Sarah, his live-in girlfriend, was joking about taping and laughingly said O.K. One night he came home from the office and found Sarah in a negligee and the video camera running. He blew up, calling her a whore and a slut...