Word: fell
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Anglo-French jet has been flying into Washington's Dulles International Airport for a year and a half, but New York had been closed to the plane under the pressure of local civic groups and politicians, who argued it was too noisy. The last barrier fell Oct. 17 when the U.S. Supreme Court denied the Port Authority's request to extend...
...symbolic winner in the election was Andreas Papandreou's Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), which doubled its vote to 25% and won 92 seats, thereby becoming Greece's second leading party and the main opposition. PASOK overtook George Mavros' middle-of-the-road Democratic Center Union, which fell to 12% of the vote and won only 15 seats. On the far right, the new National Rally Party won 7% and five seats; on the far left, Greece's two Communist parties-one Moscow-lining, the other Eurocommunist in outlook and running jointly with other splinter groups-garnered...
...Coaches were unprepared for Fischer in other ways too. "I spent the first couple of days in camp just running around in my shorts," he recalls. "Eventually, they went to a college and found some pads and a helmet that fit me. The first exhibition game, though, my pants fell down below my knees...
...women's swim team had reason to hope for a victory last night at Boston College, because the Crimson had come within nine points of the Eagles and this season the squad seemed to have the edge in the longer races. But their hopes were soon dampened as they fell to Boston College...
...other Terrier co-captain, Cliff Whalen (158 lbs.), edged senior Jim Corcoran for the third straight year, 8-5. In the next match, Franklin's surprising win apparently put the Crimson in the driver's seat, but that was before the roof fell...