Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their meeting would be all business. At his midweek press conference, Carter spoke bluntly of the new interpretation that Begin has been giving U.N. Resolution 242, which calls for Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Arab territories. Any attempt to sidestep the resolution, he said, would be "a very serious blow to the prospects of peace...
...SEEMS THAT in their final days, empires begin to turn faster and faster, careening along and over everything. As the fuses blow and the fires of decadence burn brighter and brighter they whip apart, spewing people and culture everywhere. Then the barbarians--or the Richard Nixons--ride into town. Perhaps future historians will chart the beginning of the fall of the American Imperium as that frenzied year of Tet and Chicago, 1968. Or maybe they will see it as our coming of age--in the highlands and paddies of Indochina the distinctions of war blurred into My Lai Four...
Nobody who has to pay Harvard term bills was happy when Harvard recently announced a $500 increase in tuition, room and board costs for next year. However Harvard will cushion the annual blow by also increasing its financial aid awards so students on the bottom of the income scale will be able to cope with the increase. Those in upper income levels will probably just dip a little further into their bank accounts for fair Harvard without having to skimp much on spending elsewhere...
...themselves by running down the gentle slope that leads to the cliff edge, but long before they reach it, they are airborne. They head out over the water, lose altitude, and circle back to the beach, making long figure eights parallel to the cliffs, riding the natural updrafts that blow steadily from the sea. When they are ready to land they spiral up in the breeze to the cliff edge, turn towards it, and touch down...
...lost," Princeton coach Pete Carril said after the game. Of course, the Tiger win insured arch-rival Penn of the title, as the two squads have each won the Ivy crown seven times in the last 15 years. "I wanted Columbia over Penn but how can you blow a game to see another team win?" Carril asked...