Word: darkeness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sixth race, sailed in crystalline weather, there were moderate twelve-knot winds from the northwest. Bertrand lost the start again, this time by 7 sec., but soon into the first tack spotted something his opponent had not: dark patches of water, indicating a wind buildup on the left side of the course. He sailed for it, again uncovered by Conner, who said later, "We missed it." As Liberty rounded the first mark 2 min. 29 sec. behind Australia II, Gary Jobson, a winning crew member in Ted Turner's 1977 defense, exclaimed, "This is a disaster!" The flying bridge...
...shielded Romans would arrive in 86 B.C. and, centuries after, set fire raging in the temple's interior, consuming the gold-and-ivory statue of fair Athena, a masterwork of Phidias now lost to the ages; or that in the 15th century, conquering Turks from across the wine-dark sea would build a domed mosque atop the Parthenon...
...grudge, a vendetta. It's his dark, Darth Vader side," says Alberto Saldamando, executive director of California Rural Legal Assistance. Of all the social programs growing out of the Great Society, there is none that Ronald Reagan dislikes more than the Legal Services Corporation, an independent organization that channels federal funds to legal aid lawyers for the poor in civil cases. Reagan's animosity dates from the late '60s when as Governor of California he was unable to restrict some state social programs because of legal aid lawsuits. Even after it became clear two years ago that...
...animal rights issue has developed a peculiar power. Although a candidate running on an animal liberation ticket in 1984 might provoke witticisms about dark horses and fat cats, he or she would receive a respectably serious share of popular sympathy, if not of the popular vote. It is not some revolution that has suddenly come to critical mass, but it is there, a presence...
...accident took place on Route 27 around 1:30 a.m. Sunday in Natick. "We were on an excursion from Wellesley and were going to return there," said Johnson yesterday. "But it was dark and the driver miscalculated the curve," he added...