Word: falters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson (2-1 Ivy League) remains in strong contention for the Ivy title, especially coming on the heels of Brown's 23-15 victory over previously undefeated Cornell (2-1). Meanwhile, the Green continues to falter, falling to 1-4 on the year...
...style free speech. Indeed, according to some Soviet experts, Ligachev's naysaying may simply be a way of keeping the new freedoms within bounds. "It's the good-cop, bad-cop routine," says a Washington official. Others believe Ligachev is positioning himself to take over should the Soviet leader falter...
...metrification falter? Most believe it was because compliance with the Metric Act was purely voluntary. Indeed, about all the law did was establish a metric board to help manage the anticipated rush to conversion. From the start, the board had a built-in problem: in the interest of fairness, it was set up to reflect opposing points of view. But as a result, its deliberations repeatedly ended in deadlock. "Lining up for the metric system were the multinational corporations, the scientific community and educators," recalls Underwood. "Opposed were a great many consumers, who saw it as placing undue stress...
Sports are not supposed to be this consistent. A hot team one year is supposed to falter the next. A new team is supposed to rise from the ranks and seize the moment and the glory...
...joining me in congratulating them, TIME Managing Editor Jason McManus warned them of the challenges ahead. "Competent or not, ready or not, you will end up in charge," he said. "It is you, in your time, and those like you of your generation, who will make America work. Or falter...