Word: crack
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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France's Charles de Gaulle, fearful that a too powerful Nigeria would serve as an irresistible example for such former French colonies as Niger and Chad, backed the Biafrans; he might also have been hoping that a secessionist victory would give France a crack at the immense oil reserves in the Niger Delta. The Biafrans were also supported by South Africa, Rhodesia and Portugal, all obviously interested in preventing a united Nigeria from realizing its potential as the most powerful state in all of Black Africa. Black-ruled African nations, worried about the effect of the rebellion on their...
...South African government disclosed that it would not seek a renewal of the $40 million credit reserve provided by eleven foremost American banks for exactly 20 years. This action reveals the first crack in South Africa's arrogant armor of self-righteousness, matched by the banks' haughty self-justification. While neither the government nor the banks are likely to admit the fact publicly, no one with intimate knowledge of this matter doubts that a decisive factor was persistent pressure by Friends of Africans, especially church spokesmen. When moral suasion failed, concrete action-withdrawal of tens of millions...
...Crack Runners...
...usual, the Crimson will rely on its crack group of distance runners for much more than a modicum of points today. In Keith Colburn and Roy Shaw, Harvard has runners who are capable of sweeping both the mile and 1000-yard runs, as both of them have done in previous meets this season. Colburn performed his feat in the 86-18 romp over Boston University and Shaw scored his victories in the 65-44 win over Army...
...Harvard was beginning to crack the stiff Big Red defense and battle it up in its own end. With ten minutes remaining in the game, forward Red Jahncke, who was not on the dressing squad in the early part of the season, flipped a shot past Cropper, and the sold out Watson crowd went into tumult...