Word: drews
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Everyone knew that Cummings--who had scored an unbelievable 88 goals in Temple's first 17 games--was a dangerous shooter. Harvard defender Maggie Vaughan drew the unenviable task of stopping Cummings, and actually held her to just a pair of goals...
...main pumping chamber of the heart. The stainless-steel pump, driven by a slender cable linked to a motor outside the body, took on the work of the ailing ventricle. Spinning 25,000 times a minute -- about four times as fast as a sports-car engine -- the pump drew a steady stream of blood out of the chamber and into the aorta, the main vessel carrying blood to the body. Afterward, Frazier exulted, "This is really an astonishing device...
From 1984-1987, Harvard drew the tournament's top-seed in its first-round match. This year, the NCAA changed the format so teams seeded from 13-20 would play each other in the first round, while the top 12 seeds all received first-round byes. This year, Harvard, seeded 20th, fell to 13th-seeded Trinity...
...Virtually every major move and decision the Reagans made during my time as White House chief of staff was cleared in advance with a woman in San Francisco who drew up horoscopes to make certain that the planets were in a favorable alignment for the enterprise," Regan wrote...
That would not upset the many economists who argue that the bill would invite retaliation from other countries. Says Tim O'Dell, senior international economist for Phillips & Drew, a London-based brokerage firm: "The trade bill is not going to help rid the U.S. of its trade deficit. If anything, it is likely to slow world trade and hurt the growth prospects of the U.S." Opponents point out that, besides containing sweeping general provisions, the trade package is loaded with protectionist measures designed to benefit specific U.S. industries or companies...