Word: fell
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...volume A History of Chinese Philosophy repudiated his life's work. During the Cultural Revolution, Feng was denounced as a counterrevolutionary; once again he confessed abjectly to his sins. After that ordeal he was restored to his post as professor of philosophy at Peking University. Last month Feng fell victim to the campaign against the Gang of Four. His crime: writing a poem in 1974 that favorably compared Chiang Ch'ing with the dictatorial 7th century Empress Wu. The aged philosopher was excoriated as an "adviser" to the Gang who had "swindled the public" and "maliciously abused...
Terrible trouble is commonplace at A.&P. Between 1966 and 1976 the chain's sales rose from $5.4 billion to $7.2 billion, but profits fell from $56 million to less than $14 million. They are likely to shrink this year to near invisibility. Even in 1976 A. & P. earned a mere tenth of a cent on each dollar in sales. The company yielded top sales rank in the supermarket business to Safeway (1976 volume: $10.4 billion) in 1973. Now it is close to being overtaken as well by Kroger (1976 sales: $6 billion). A. & P. shareholders are understandably disgruntled...
Curry followed with a successful jumper from 15 feet out, fell back to recover the ball on a steal, and went right to the foul line for a jumper and another two points. Harvard was ahead...
Call this one a heartbreaker. Riding the momentum of a superhuman 31-point effort by Brian Banks and a hustling, scraping second-half comeback, Harvard's basketball team fell short, 79-77, against Division 2 powerhouse Bentley College at the IAB last night...
...Harvard matmen fell victim to the Bay State jinx again Saturday, bowing to the Springfield Chiefs...