Word: facedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The vote was Reagan's first challenge onCapitol Hill during the final year of hispresidency. Faced with an uphill fight, he hadlobbied the issue hard over the past two weeks,meeting individually with legislators and makingnumerous public speeches that put his prestige andinfluence on the line.
But if Cleary and his seniors, along with the rest of the icemen, faced the choice of winning their first-round Beanpot game or not making the NCAA Tournament, they would gladly go 0 for the 'Pot.
When a band of Argentine officers revolted last Easter, President Raul Alfonsin rushed to the Campo de Mayo army garrison near Buenos Aires and talked the mutineers into surrendering. Faced last week with another rebellion of disgruntled soldiers in the northeastern city of Monte Caseros, Alfonsin chose not to waste...
Faced with a case of the government exercising prior restraint, the press rushed to the defense of its first principles, attacking White's decision. Paradoxically, in this knee-jerk reaction, the press also forgot some of its first principles, for White was articulating a defense of autonomous control by newspaper...
Costello hardly faced any challenges in either the 100 or 200-yd breaststroke. She also snagged a strong third in the 200-yd freestyle and shared in the triumphs of the 200-yd medley and the 400-yd free relay.