Word: darken
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...work ethic has paid off handsomely after graduation. Though Blackburn is a farm land college, many of its alumni have done exceptionally well in the world of business. And most think their success owes something to all that hard work down on the campus. Says Blackburn Dean Arthur Darken: "We see it as a way to develop students for effective careers...
Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is pessimistic. Says he: "The players may have miscalculated the determination of the owners." A strike as devastating as the 13-day walkout in 1972 is possible. That would not only darken the future of baseball, but also ruin a perfectly glorious spring...
Seldom has a war over such relatively simple issues for those waging it had so many dangerous, unpredictable and complex ramifications. A large match was lit last week in a very flammable part of the globe. The uncontrolled fires that now darken the skies over the refineries of Basra and Abadan are apt symbols for the gulf...
Then Borg is nothing less than a tennis juggernaut. Only his eyes betray the fierce competitive fires within: when the ball is hit toward him, they widen, then darken with concentration as he follows the ball to his racquet...