Word: fact
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...usually does, the FBI credited its "intensive investigation" and "confidential informants" with breaking the case. In fact, FBI agents, New York undercover cops and even such gangwise newsmen as Jimmy Breslin, who first detailed the robbers' troubles, knew where to begin looking right after the sensational heist. They all searched their files and memories for the names of former habitues of Roberts Lounge, a bar near the airport where known cargo thieves, airline cargo handlers and plainclothes cops mingled, drank and bet on horses. The bar changed hands two years ago, but its current customers buzzed with gossip about...
Attributing his performance to the fact that "accidents will happen," Aulet finished the night with ten points, all in the second half. Four other Classics scored in double figures as Russo and James has 15 and 16 points respectively. Kevin McLaughlin and Steve Shannon also added ten points a piece. Campbell led the JVs with...
...Furthermore, most of the bills that the states are passing to ask Congress to summon a convention themselves stipulate that budget-balancing should be the only issue on its agenda. Congressmen, too, though opposed to the whole idea of a convention, would obviously prefer one with narrow authority. In fact, the dire warnings against a convention run wild come only from opponents who are using them as a scare tactic; convention supporters seem perfectly willing to limit themselves...
...quite simply can never tell what will happen next in the emotion-charged atmosphere of an Easterns meet--witness Andy Saltzman's upset of Bobby Hackett and Harvard's wild finish in the 800 free relay last night. Or consider the unfortunate fact that Geoff Seelen banged his head on the starting block while pulling himself up for the start of the 100 backstroke after looking like a shoo-in for his first Eastern gold, and consequently had to settle for a silver...
...which earned him a trip to scenic Cleveland State (site of NCAAs later this month), left everyone else in the race in his wake by almost a full two seconds. Princeton managed to hold on to a tenuous 79-71 lead, but the Tigers were hurt again by the fact that senior captain Bruce Kone, after missing a month of the season because he was suspended from the team, failed to make the finals for the first time in three years (he finished ninth...