Word: factly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...never known as a great scorer. In fact, he was never known as a scorer. But Captain Peter Chiarelli notches a hat trick to give the Crimson a victory in Princeton...
...this does not need to be addressed. The hatred, violence and brutality of this incident speaks for itself. We must guard ourselves against the temptation to dismiss such an incident as an aberration resulting from an extreme person, a rare happening, or the work of a lunatic. The fact is that this incident is not different from countless others being reported in colleges throughout the nation. This incident signals in no uncertain terms the reality of racism which permates society today. It is a painful, shameful and destructive reality from which the Harvard community is not protected...
...even in the normally bland and polite world of Japanese business, specifically in the case of the Tsutsumi brothers, whose quiet rivalry has led not only to strife but also to success and enormous wealth. If that is not enough to inspire a crackling TV mini-series, add the fact that at least one of their fortunes rests on the graves of shoguns...
Public opinion has never stampeded Brown, 80. In fact, it has tended to lock him in place. In 1950, after the short-lived All-America Football Conference disbanded, the leftover 49ers and Browns were derisively absorbed into the N.F.L. "They don't even have a football," remarked first commissioner Elmer Layden. Before Cleveland's big-league debut against the champion Philadelphia Eagles, Brown gathered his rinky-dinks all around -- players with names like Groza, Motley and Graham -- and delivered a pep talk of two sentences. Referring to the star of both the Eagles and the league, he said dryly, "Just...
...expansive claims about having revived the American Dream have helped keep his popularity high. But the public takes a hard-headed view of his performance in some areas; 55% think he did a "poor job" in maintaining programs for the needy, and 63% fault him for the deficit. In fact, Americans expect Bush to outperform Reagan on some issues...