Word: championing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...existing coverage, protect against catastrophic medical bills and cost $10 billion to $15 billion a year after it is fully implemented. It would not start until 1983, and then only if the Administration's hospital cost-containment bill was passed. "A serious disappointment," said Senator Ted Kennedy, the champion of comprehensive insurance on the Hill...
Exhibiting no ill effects from his recent bout with the flu, Hackett led the race for 150 yards before defending champion Brian Goodell assumed command...
Tennessee, who last year won its first-ever title, is favored to repeat as champion. Florida, the University of California at Berkeley, USC, and UCLA are expected to battle each other for the runner-up spot...
...treacherous that the Professional Golf Association refused to hold its annual Tournament Players Championship (TPC) there this year. Last spring, Alexander was heading for a phenomenal sub-80 round on this monster only to have his dream thwarted by darkness on the 18th tee. This time, the Michigan state champion plans an early tee-off in hopes of breaking the 80 barrier...
...grand old trains would disappear, however, including the Crescent, from Washington to Atlanta and New Orleans; the Montrealer, from Washington through New England to Canada; the National Limited, from New York to Kansas City; the North Coast Hiawatha, from Chicago to Seattle; and both the Silver Meteor and the Champion, from New York to Florida. All the cuts, Adams estimates, would save about $1.4 billion in taxpayers' money over the next five years...