Word: blows
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...question the context of their separate triumphs. The arrest of protesters blockading a dinner for benefactors at the Fogg was the first time since the takeover of University Hall in 1969 that Harvard arrested students. That violent, unprepared-for event came as a shock to Harvard--a sudden blow that engendered a long period of self-questioning. The arrests last month--performed like a perfunctory chore--were by comparison narrow tactical gains, their success a non-success...
...Quirks. Want to buy anoutlandish, outrageous, totally wacko gift forsome zany friend? Go to Good's (Faneuil Hall).Their collection includes wind-up walking sushicomplete with chopsticks, AM coffee cup radios,lava lamps, and blow-up dinosaurs. To break up theHong Kong routine, try Good's x-rated fortunecookies...
Harvard's tough man-to-man defense suffered a big blow when junior center Bill Mohler (eight rebounds, six points, two blocks) fouled out with 4:36 remaining...
Experts in foreign relations said revelations about the Iranian connection dealt a crushing blow to the credibility of U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East, Europe, Central America and the Soviet Union...
...Along with the failure of the ReaganAdministration at Iceland, this crisis deals ahideous body blow to European enthusiasm forAmerican leadership," said Dillon Professor of theCivilization of France Stanley H. Hoffmann...