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...with renewed confidence, the Crimson stands a good chance at bringing home the Goldthwait Cup. As number six seat Gene Sykes exclaimed after defeating Navy, "Next week's race will be a dogfight, but we're psyched and we're going to shoot them down...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Lightweight Crew to 'Dogfight' Tigers and Elis for Goldthwait | 5/2/1980 | See Source »

...would be a Boeing-made missile that would carry out such an Armageddon mission. But the Seattle company's victory in the Great Cruise Race came only after a long dogfight with rival defense contractor General Dynamics. The Air Force in November 1977 asked both companies to build prototype weapons and then to conduct an unusual, eight-month-long fly-off that deliberately pushed the two designs to-and occasionally beyond-their limits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Great Cruise Race | 4/7/1980 | See Source »

...Northeastern bounced back one last time, scoring on a tip-in by Turner at 17:04 of period three, sending the game into overtime and giving the Huskies their chance to knock the archrival Terriers out of the Beanpot in what was a vicious dogfight...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: Huskies Tip B.U. In Overtime | 2/5/1980 | See Source »

...only do the personalities fascinate him, but the practice of politics evokes some of his best writing and worst predictions. Strout makes no attempt to hide his choice in each contest, yet he still seems to revel in a good dogfight. The election between Kennedy, whom he loved, and Nixon, whom he loathed, was "wonderfully close." Never afraid to put his head on the chopping block of prognostication, Strout writes on November 1, 1948, "In a hopeless battle, (Truman) stayed game to the end, and is going down fighting." And on November 16, 1968: Nixon "will probably wind up Vietnam...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Eight White Houses | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

...some multinational stock holdings and prepares to take over Greg's company. Greg kidnaps T'sa Li and runs her finger through a meat grinder. T'ang Li rescues his sister. Greg escapes by plane but Rick, piloting his private Messerschmitt, knocks him out of the sky in a dogfight over Manhattan...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Keep the Lid On | 10/19/1979 | See Source »

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