Word: broking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that is just the point. She is suing Marvin on the grounds that she is entitled to get up to half of the $3.6 million he made while they were living together, from 1964, when they met on the set of Ship of Fools, until they broke...
...easy. The boulder couldn't simply be pushed down the hill without endangering the houses below. Bulldozers were used as anchors and pulley cables were attached to them. A net made of cables was dropped over the rock, but one of them broke. Then a helicopter replaced this cable and tried to envelop the rock in the net, so it could be slowly eased down. Fire hoses were brought to the scene to soften the ground under the rock...
...Communist movement swung overwhelmingly against China. In Eastern Europe, independent Yugoslavia maintained its customary neutrality. Maverick Rumania appealed to both sides to "stop military actions immediately." The rest of the Warsaw Pact countries, predictably, supported Moscow in condemning what Bulgaria called China's "adventurous and aggressive actions." Even Albania broke out of its longstanding isolation to condemn its recently estranged Chinese ally...
Four new courses broke into the top ten in this semester's version of the Harvard hit parade...
Cornell's premier diver, Paul Steck, broke Harvard's gold monopoly by twisting and tumbling his way to his third consecutive eastern one-meter diving title in yet another record total of 503.0. The Crimson's steady duo of Steve Schramm and Jamie Greacen racked up 33 points by landing second and third, respectively. There had been a great deal of concern over whether Schramm, who hit his head on the board two days ago, would be fit to dive. But the former New Jersey state champion dispelled all fears when he nailed his first two dives...