Word: check
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Believers, on the other hand, are relishing Saturday's 42-26 victory over Dartmouth. The Believers check the record books and discover that Harvard hadn't scored so many points in one game against Dartmouth this century...
Standing in line was a great opportunity to check out the more unusual clothing. One girl was dressed like the Statue of Liberty; it wouldn't have been that bad if her date hadn't looked like Lee Iacocca...
While my date trekked back for supplies to the Pro, I decided to check out the private shindig that Archie Epps was throwing. I went up to the burly security guards and screamed "I'm Secretary William Bennet! There are drugs on campus! Find them!" By the time the guards figured out what was going on, I was already inside...
...Reagan who in 1983 labeled the Soviet Union the "focus of evil in the modern world" has held his rhetorical tongue firmly in check since then. The President who slapped sanctions on the Soviet Union in response to the imposition of martial law in Poland waited less than 24 hours after Daniloff was set free before announcing he would meet with Gorbachev in Reykjavik to ! talk about arms control...
Rebel lawyers contended that the arrest was a deliberate attempt to sabotage the peace talks. Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile denied the charge and insisted the capture was something of a fluke. He said security officers had been conducting a "routine check" into reported guerrilla comings and goings when they stumbled on Salas. The story seemed disingenuous. Shortly before Enrile's explanation, the chief of the national police told reporters that the arrests had followed four months of surveillance...