Word: comebacking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...live in Gaza, vs. 5,000 in the West Bank. Sadat also suggested that during the interim period, the Egyptians set up a liaison office in Gaza and police the area. The Israelis did not like the sound of that, fearing that Egypt might be trying to stage a comeback in Gaza...
Harvard's saber-swordsmen broke a 9-9 deadlock with three consecutive vitories to open the third round, then the epee and foil teams withstood a determined MIT comeback, as the Crimson humbled their competitors from the trade school down the river, 15-12, at the IAB last evening...
With the typical pattern of a Harvard comeback effort that falls short and its flair for the unexpected that has framed the Harvard season The Game, in a broad sense, symbolized all that was frustrating about Harvard's 4-4-1 record, its unfulfilled dreams and unsatisfied hopes...
...economic policies, kept losses to a minimum and remained in solid control of both houses of Congress. They stayed in command of 32 statehouses and both houses of at least 29 state legislatures. But the Republicans scored significant gains, showing that the endangered par ty can still make a comeback. When G.O.P. National Chairman Bill Brock was jokingly asked if the U.S. political system could be described as "a party and a quarters." half," he Brock replied, added: "It's "We one will and go three-into 1980 stronger than we were...
...Democrat and former Pittsburgh Mayor Pete Flaherty, 54, decided to run, he made a show of his independence of the Governor and of the entire state Democratic organization. That wasn't enough. A former U.S. attorney in Pittsburgh, Richard Thornburgh, 46, an underdog in the gubernatorial race, staged a comeback in the final weeks to defeat Flaherty by more than 200,000 votes...