Word: cornering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wouldn't go down it. And none of them could stand in line." Cooperson says they were found to be carrying fruit. When told to get rid of it, they began gobbling it down as fast as possible, and milling around in an uproar. "I hid in a corner," says Cooperson...
Thus, perhaps the Crimson's most dangerous opponent last night was its own NCAA expectations. Penn figured to provide little competition; a potential national title loomed just around the corner...
...NOTEBOOK: Penn is not a newcomer to the role of spoiler: the Quakers recently earned a tie for first place in the Philadelphia Soccer Seven Championship by shutting out first-place Temple, 4-0...The Quakers held the edge in corner kicks, 5-2, and shots on goal, 8-5...The only previous time Harvard had failed to score this season was October 11, when it tied Cornell, 0-0, in overtime...
...beer and newsprint from the sports sections of the Bridgeport Post-Telegram, the Boston Globe, the Hartford Courant, the New York Times, the New York Post and the New York Daily News, all of which are strewn about the small room. There is a darkened pool table in the corner. A silent, unblinking pinball machine. A deck of cards scattered across a deserted table. A crude hand-lettered chart on the wall. It lists a series of men's names alongside numbers, above which is written in block letters, WEEKLY POOL...
...down $760 million from the previous month. The drop may have resulted from the weakened dollar, which has depreciated by as much as 40% against the Japanese yen and major European currencies since it peaked in February 1985. Declared Secre- tary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige: "We have turned the corner on the trade deficit...