Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...untold millions of dollars. But the cup has remained of the firmly in the possession of the New York Yacht Club ever since it was won from Britain's Royal Yacht Squadron in 1851 under the eyes of an astonished Queen Victoria. Now, in an attempt to break the longest winning streak in modern sports history, a new challenger from Down Under named Australia is squaring off with the 1974 U.S. defender, Courageous, skippered by Turner- the Peck's Bad of Boy of yachting-in the waters off Newport...
...anyone, while Meyer and Thad McNulty have a lot of solid races under thier belts. And the biggest surprise of all could be Ed Sheehan, who has shown flashes of brilliance in training but missed much of last season with an injury. Dave Sullivan and Bill Berkley may also break into top form this year...
This summer at Harvard was much like previous summers: with the majority of the student body and many of the faculty members away, very little out of the ordinary happened. But once in a while, something would come around to break the routine...
...scenes stick in the mind much more than any self-indulgent moralizing, on which Outrageous! happily skimps. The film's showstopper comes in a stunning ten-minute medley of impersonations that Turner unveils in a trendy drag bar in uptown Manhattan. Knowing that the gig amounts to his Big Break in the business, Turner pulls out all the stops as he belts out, "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend." We hear Channing's raps, Ella's scat-singing, Dietrich's off-keys and a host of other readily recognizable ladies who have captured America's fancy and/or heart. Turner...
...contract extension, seemed near a successful conclusion early this summer, but a dispute over the scope of union bargaining authority derailed the talks. Letteri said Harvard's failure to guarantee job security to officers who fail their mandatory physical examinations was part of "a big all-out effort to break up the union" by using the physicals as an excuse to weed out uncooperative union members...