Word: broking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...last period the sun took its toll from both teams, as the controlled Crimson passing broke down and the whole caliber of play degenerated into a dull ending...
Harvard shot at will in the first period. Attackers broke free numerous times only to glance the ball off the goal or loss it away...
From their point of view, the reporters had reason to complain. The McCarthy organization could muster thousands of volunteers from throughout the nation to canvass Wisconsin voters for the Senator, but it often broke down when confronted with the more sophisticated parts of running a campaign, particularly the delicate job of managing the media...
Musicians who go for broke by trying to survive in the field of chamber music alone often do just that-go broke. The chamber repertory includes a large share of the world's masterpieces, but it attracts a minor share of music's paying audiences. Most players choose to do their chamber work as an afterhours hobby, meanwhile keeping their budgets in tune by teaching, solo dates, orchestral jobs or television-and movie-studio work...
...dead third stage and used the spacecraft's engine to push it to an altitude of 13 822 miles. From that height, it plunged back into the atmosphere and parachuted to a safe landing and recovery in the Pacific Ocean. Later, NASA reported the orbiting third stage mysteriously broke into "thousands of pieces...