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Relishing the opportunity to display their offensive skills, the laxwomen penetrated the Bowdoin defense time after time. Freshman Lisa Kent notched four goals in the first half, with three in a row just before the whistle blew. Kent continued to bombard the Bowdoin goalie when she opened the second half with two more quick scores...
Shea unfortunately injured his ankle early in the second half, leaving only Maturo to bombard the rim late in the game. Maturo ended the game with 19 points while Shea collected ten, all in the first stanza...
They are jailed, confined in mental institutions, harassed in a dozen ways, ranging from merely annoying to brutal. But Soviet dissidents call press conferences, circulate forbidden books and manuscripts, bombard Washington, Paris and the Vatican with their protests. As soon as one of their number is arrested, wives, children and friends set up a clamor. Sakharov is almost a tourist attraction in Moscow, and regularly receives foreign newsmen. None of this would have been conceivable under Stalin...
Women's groups also continued to bombard him with complaints against Dunlop, claiming that he had been insensitive to improving equal employment rights when he was Ford's Labor Secretary. They were quickly joined by Ralph Nader's Public Citizen Congress Watch, the congressional Black Caucus and other groups. But Carter was caught in a crossfire from most of organized labor, which wanted Dunlop. At one point, Carter aides asked AFL-CIO officials to suggest alternatives to Dunlop who would be acceptable to Labor Boss
...Bombarding Shoppers. Walker begins by studying a store to see what departments should be close together-for instance, jewelry and leather goods, which appeal to high spenders. Then he figures out how people should walk through a given floor. To influence them, he often replaces the conventional long lines of counters with displays that jut into the corridors. These "islands" give shoppers a visual sample of the goods for sale just around the corner. The aim is to bombard customers with subtle enticements to explore the store-and buy more goods. When successful, says Walker, "shopping becomes entertainment...