Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wants a shot at his party's presidential nomination in 1980. Last month after a visit to Panama, requested by the country's ruler, General Omar Torrijos, Baker announced his pivotal sup port for a slightly modified treaty. "I told Senator Baker," said Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd, "if either you or I go against the treaties, they probably will be defeated. If both you and I go for them, they may be confirmed...
After a long year of keeping his political distance from Carter, Byrd plunged into the treaty battle. At his urging, Carter and Torrijos issued a joint statement clarifying two points in the treaties: that the U.S. would permanently retain the right to defend the waterway's neutrality, and that in an emergency U.S. Navy vessels would "go to the head of the line" through the canal...
...Crimson never managed to contain the fast-breaking phalanx of Lion cagers spearheaded by ballhandler Alton Byrd. Harvard's Achilles heel, though, proved to be an inability to hit from the free-throw line as both teams shot nearly 50 per cent from the field. Harvard hit only 6-16 from the charity stripe and failed to convert on four one-on-one opportunities in the first half, while Columbia sank 17-24 in the pivotal Ivy contest...
Crimson guard Glenn Fine, who hit on all four of his field goal attempts in the first half, threaded his way down the lane for a double pump lay-up to cut the Lion lead to 34-27. Fine, however, had his troubles keeping step with the gyrations of Byrd, the Lions' 5-ft., 8-in. playmaker...
...Byrd popped from 15 feet out as the lead climbed to 40-28 with 2:00 left in the half and then dished off a backdoor pass to Jeff Holmes for a lay-up to give the Lions a 14 point lead, their biggest lead yet of the night...