Word: columbus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...undersea salvager, recovery was a different matter. Herndon's vessel went down 100 miles off the Carolina coast, somewhere in sea at least a mile and a half deep. When Tommy Thompson, by the early 1980s a marine engineer at the elite Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio, became interested in undersea mining and salvage, technology for very deep recovery had not progressed much beyond the diving bell. This gadget, first developed in the 17th century, could go deep but do almost no real work...
...soon a breakfast staple for Washington's sports addicts: President Nixon called his column "the only reason" to read the Post. But Povich's prose transcended the play-by-play; he championed such causes as integration, writing in 1946: "Four hundred and fifty-five years after Columbus eagerly discovered America, major league baseball reluctantly discovered the American Negro...
...More than 80 Native American students and supporters gather for a candlelight vigil protesting the celebration of Columbus...
...later on Friday, May 22, McLaughlin saw action in his first professional game versus the Columbus Crew. And 10 minutes into his 32-minute debut, Tommy Mac let all of MLS know that he had no plans of letting up in the pros...
...Revolution corner kick, McLaughlin gained position in front of the Columbus goal, and as the Crew's goaltender attempted to claw his way over McLaughlin's back, the Harvard senior managed to knock the ball into the net. In a questionable decision, the referee disallowed the goal, saying McLaughlin had obstructed the goalie...