Word: blow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...call it a blow-out would be an understatement. The Harvard women's basketball team and Smith College's squad were about as balanced as Reagan's budget...
...could Bush not cave in? If a budget stalemate develops because both the President and Congress hang tough, mandated Gramm-Rudman reductions will force an estimated $40 billion in cuts. Defense, the area Bush most wants to protect, will take half of that blow...
...Abbey's employment history, his age more or less (late middle), his marrying habit (Abbey's present wife is his fifth) and his sour gallantry. His position on beer-can tossing is the master's: the highway is an abomination, and thus the litter that sullies it is a blow for truth and beauty...
Sophomore John Weisbrod took the biggest blow, sustaining a severe concussion that resulted in an overnight stay at the Academy's hospital while the team continued on to Princeton. Weisbrod is questionable for tonight's game...
...Rogers & Cowan agency. "Writers and editors watch the morning shows, say, and decide to check the stories out." For the sake of detente, these natural adversaries must get along to get ahead. "Some journalists say that the publicity machine isn't worth the powder it would take to blow it up," notes Tom Green, a writer for USA Today. "I disagree. Publicists are an integral part of the picture. If you want access, you have to play the game. At times I feel very manipulated and frustrated...