Word: doves
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thus, Lloyd served notice that he is no longer the dove on the House Armed Services Committee who helped persuade Congress last year to cut $7.8 billion from the Pentagon's fiscal 1976 budget request; the 8% reduction (to a final budget of $90.5 billion) was the largest since 1953. This year Lloyd and many other members of Congress have become Pentagon converts. Says he: "I am no hawk, mind you. But there has been an increase in the Soviet capacity to wage war. One on one we are still better. But Americans, including myself, perceive a lessening...
...went scoreless in the first quarter yesterday, but then caught fire and charged past Bowdoin for an 11-7 victory, the team's fourth win of the young season. Last year the laxmen didn't notch their fourth win until the final game of the season, when Billy Tennis dove across the crease and shoveled in a one-handed shot for an overtime triumph over Dartmouth...
...government concentrator, Nixon had not intended to take time off, but he started looking around to see what was available, applied for jobs, and "got sucked in deeper and deeper. There were good opportunities in political work this spring, and if you pass it up now, who knows? I dove for this now because there may not be another chance for awhile...
Minutes later, Maeno cut the Piper's engine and shouted into his microphone the traditional kamikaze pilot's farewell: Tenno Heika Banzai!-Long Live the Emperor! He then dove his plane into Kodama's house, where it slammed into a second-floor balcony and exploded in flames. Maeno died instantly. But neither Kodama, resting in another room, nor any of his family or staff was hurt...
Senior Dave English dove spectacularly as he won the low diving, clinching his victory on his final optional dive. Team-mate Mike Toal exceeded expectations as he placed third in the event...