Word: dixons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that solid showing will be the performance of Adam Dixon. The team captain and a great athlete, Dixon is not a distance runner per se. Last year he burned up tracks across the East Coast in middle distance events with a powerful finishing kick, and it will be interesting to watch his conversion to the longer distances of the cross country season. Based on talent and potential alone, his coach is already expecting him to be the team's top finisher...
Besides the injury factor, the conversion of Dixon, and the improved showings of other runners, the other unknown in the team's performance will be the arrival of freshman Cliff Sheehan...
...same time, the National Transportation Safety Board, an independent federal agency, announced that it will begin its own investigation of the skyways. The board's review was prompted by both PATCO's charges and congressional worries over safety in the skies. Explained Board Spokesman Barbara Dixon: "Since people were raising questions about safety, we felt obligated to take a look...
...past dozen years Toland has supervised the completion of new recreational facilities on campus including the new pool, the Dixon Courts and the Bright Hockey Center...
Ronald Reagan was stung. Asked about O'Neill's remarks as he was leaving his press conference, the President accused the Speaker of "sheer demagoguery." Reagan recalled the modest frame house his family rented in Dixon, Ill., where he lived from age eight to 13. "We didn't live on the wrong side of the railroad tracks, but we lived so close to them we could hear the whistle real loud. I know very much about the working group. I grew up in poverty...