Word: deadlocking
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...such contest turned the season in the wrong direction. On October 11, the Crimson--then 3-3-1 and boasting two wins and a tie in the previous four outings--struggled to a 1-1 tie with an inferior Cornell contingent. The deadlock halted whatever momentum the squad had managed to amass and set the stage for the horrendous, 0-7-1 season-ending slide that followed the annihilation...
With both sides clinging to apparently irreconcilable positions, there seemed little hope that any peace initiatives could break the deadlock. The U.N. Security Council met last week to discuss the war for the seventh time, but failed to devise a cease-fire resolution. Meanwhile, a "goodwill mission" sponsored by the nonaligned nations visited the warring capitals to seek possible ways out of the impasse. At week's end there were no signs that the delegation was succeeding where all previous mediation efforts had failed...
...Cambridge City Council last night broke a month-old deadlock by agreeing to raise the pay of city department heads by 8 per cent next year...
...Wildcats stand as the region's lone undefeated squad with an 11-0-3 mark, which includes the September 27, 0-0 deadlock with Harvard. UMass, with a 17-1-1 mark --the loss at the hands of UNH -- is seeded second, followed by Springfield, UConn, Dartmouth, Yale and Rhode Island. Only the Rams' 3-6-2 mark is worse than Harvard...
...would dominate the proceedings in a potential 1980 deadlock? "The press would emerge as the great interpreter of the public mind," Banfield believes. "Politicians would look to the press before acting in that situation. Whether or not the people gave [it] that role, the press would assume...