Word: crackly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sensitive listening devices for locating the terrorists within the plane and 2) a supply of British "stun grenades," which explode without scattering metal fragments, but can immobilize an enemy for about six seconds with their sound and flash. The stun grenades-along with two experts from Britain's crack Special Air Service regiment-were soon en route to Dubai...
Despite their new-found aggressiveness, Harvard could not crack Dartmouth's defense. The Crimson garnered their only points with two penalty kicks...
...Biko controversy has been a sickening mixture of callous indifference, duplicitous disclosures to the press, and continued delay in releasing Biko's autopsy report. Now in response to these latest disturbing reports, the government has issued a formal complaint against The Mail, and thus tacitly threatened a future crack-down on all newspapers critical of its increasingly unconscionable policies...
...course, the best thing about this weekend is that the people from Hanover are taking the whole thing very seriously. The editors of the "Dartmouth" are sending two crack reporters to Cambridge to get an idea of what Harvard is like before the Crimson and Big Green clash. I've already written their first few paragraphs...
...entering the game), the Crimson also had to contend with a chilling drizzle, swirling winds and the disadvantage of playing on Cornell's polyturf field. But despite game-long pressure from the opposition (Cornell racked up a 14-1 edge in corner kicks), the defense refused to crack...