Word: ens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...refused an attorney), Jiang Qing gave a long and rambling two-hour defense of the Cultural Revolution, only brief portions of which were shown a week later on Chinese TV. In it she declared that she had only carried out the decisions of Chairman Mao, Premier Chou En-lai and the party Central Committee. Jiang even drew laughs from many of the 600 courtroom spectators when, establishing her revolutionary credentials, she gave an account of her closeness to Mao. "During the war, it was I, the only woman comrade, who followed and accompanied Chairman Mao to the front," she declared...
...hairbreadth victory, following a strident and violence-marred campaign, was a hollow one for Romero. He had en joyed a 10-to 20-point lead in pre-election polls and was hoping for a land slide. The charismatic, white-haired Governor, an advocate of immediate state hood for Puerto Rico, had campaigned on a pledge that he would call a 1981 plebiscite on that question if the electorate returned him to office with a decisive majority. He now feels voters made it clear that they will not be hurried into state hood. "I thought I was being pushed...
...unforced errors. Against Karrinne Tong, Bowdoin's only top-flight player, she couldn't afford any. Tong took advantage of every mistake, often catching Harrison far out of position. Harrison's corner shots, which might have befuddled a lesser player, didn't faze Tong, who returned many for winners en route to a 15-9, 15-10, 7-3 lead...
...yards rushing against Yale. But that poor performance only slightly tarnished the record of a consistent and occasionally outstanding rushing team. Fullback Jim Callinan, the talented Ohioan who, when not injured, proved himself to be one the best backs in the league, topped 90 yds. three times this season en route to his team-leading 461 yds. And halfback Tom Beatrice, the backfield's reliable workhorse, had 435 yds. for the season...
...adventures, whether fanciful or real, in good-natured stride. The pressure has been rather more trying for his girl friends. A few years ago, for example, Lady Jane Wellesley, a self-assured brunet, was discovered to have spent a weekend at one of the royal residences. The press descended en masse on the Chelsea travel agency where she worked. "Get rid of them and don't come back at all if you can't," warned her angry boss. Said a relative afterward: "It was as if she had been found guilty of some ghastly sexual crime or murder...