Word: committed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Wrestling is the type of sport where most people can be as good as they want to be if they are willing to put in the time," says Paul Widerman, freshman standout on the Harvard wrestling team. It was Widerman's willingness to commit the time that first attracted him to the sport...
...victory against Princeton's Richard Pantel, a 1978 second team All-American. He noticed that Pantel had been gathering touches on counter-attacks made as he, Vastola, prepared his own attack. Using a "second intention attack," that is, by pretending to prepare to lunge then waiting for Pantel to commit himself, Vastola collected the crucial fifth touch...
...reported this week that Clifford acted as a straw in a real estate purchase for a rust that included George S. Davis, who was convicted last year of insurance fraud and conspiracy to commit arson...
...Arizona for the week. But another conservative leader. Republican Senator Paul Laxalt of Nevada, called Teng's lobbying "generally effective." Senator Ted Kennedy declared that the Vice Premier had made a "hell of an impression." Said Republican Senator Jacob Javits of New York: "He didn't commit himself down the line fon Taiwan], but he said enough so that our normalization can go ahead...
...gave a slightly different account ..." "How many civilians harbor such feelings is impossible to say since many keep their views to themselves." Only when Ramsey Clark after a short visit, proclaimed that 99% of the people were behind Khomeini did the New York Times's R.W. Apple Jr. commit himself to a "conservative guess" that at least 15% to 20% of Iranians were antagonistic or indifferent to the Ayatullah...