Word: dogfighting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...getting out of the dogfight, Lindsay will be able to concentrate on his other ambitions: getting himself elected governor or senator in 1974 for starters. Since the Democratic primary for both offices is in June 1974, Lindsay will only be out of office six months before running in another election. He will be able to travel around the state during this period free from charges that he is deserting the city to seek higher office...
...dogfight which developed for third place, Hartnett passed Rojas, who was also superceded by two Penn runners--Dennis Pikes, who finished fourth, and Bob Childs, who took fifth...
...estimate, were running as high as 1,000 a week. In the days following Nixon's TV address, the U.S. lost three planes and four crewmen. Ten MIGs were brought down by U.S. jets. One U.S. Navy Phantom destroyed three of the MIGs in a fierce dogfight over Haiphong before it, too, was knocked out of the sky. The Phantom's flyers, Lieut. Randy Cunningham and Lieut, (j.g.) William Driscoll, who were subsequently rescued, thereby became the first American air aces of the Viet Nam War, since they had two previous "kills" to their credit...
Just how much difficulty the Crimson will have in disposing of this mangy pack is unclear, but if the gang from Cambridge is willing to believe its mentor. Jack Barnaby, it could be a tougher dogfight than expected...
Once, it was essentially an emotional head-on clash between Harvard and Pennsylvania. Two superlative crews, two radically different rowing philosophies. Now, with the re-emergence of Navy as a powerful challenger, it has become a three-way dogfight among the East's finest boats...