Word: clashingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clash of historic proportions, and it seemed intractable. In the pursuit of detente, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had long urged enactment of an omnibus trade bill that, among other things, would increase Soviet-American commerce by granting the Soviet Union most-favored-nation status. In the interest of persecuted minorities, Democratic Senator Henry Jackson insisted that Moscow pay a price: it would have to liberalize its emigration policy. Technically the requirement would apply to all Communist countries seeking preferred status as U.S. trade partners; in fact, Soviet Jews who want to leave the U.S.S.R. will be the principal beneficiaries...
...attack on a lone black man the previous week. Three others, found with Molotov cocktails in their car, were charged by the agency with conspiracy to obstruct a federal court order. At Hyde Park High School, six white students were beaten and one stabbed in a clash among teenagers. That ugly incident prompted Republican Governor Francis Sargent to call up 450 National Guardsmen, who were stationed in armories in the event local and state police needed help. Democratic Mayor Kevin White was not consulted about the mini-mobilization. His office released a memo calling the Guard "inept, incompetent...
Personality Clash. The confrontation had been billed as the "shuttle series," a jet-age throwback to New York City's "subway series" in the 1950s between the Yankees and Dodgers or Giants. As sport, the series promised to be a clash between two powerful, well-balanced teams that were highly divergent in style and personality. From California's south came the young, efficient National League champions with their motto YOU GOTTA BELIEVE (borrowed from the 1973 champion New York Mets) and a Jack Armstrong image, represented by Third Baseman Ron Cey, who said...
...about time that I explain exactly how I determine, with such amazing accuracy, the outcome of each week's football games. I have therefore reproduced below the process used for each, game with today's clash between Harvard and Dartmouth as an example...
BUCKNELL-COLUMBIA--I'm bored even thinking about this game. Both teams finally get a chance to win for a change. The saddest part is that this memorable clash might end in tie, and we will never really know for sure who is worse. Bucknell 23, Columbia...