Word: fell
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
ENVIRONMENT. In trying to defend his Administration's generally weak record on environmental protection, Ford fell into some exaggerations. He claimed he had vetoed a strip-mining-control bill because it would have meant a loss of some 140,000 jobs. In fact, that was an inflated industry claim; in his own veto message last year, Ford contended that it might mean the loss of at most 36,000 jobs. Carter was right in pointing out that the job-conscious United Mine Workers had backed the bill. He was correct too in noting that Ford had held back funds...
...second Radcliffe singles player, Abby Greenbaum, fell in the first round, 4-6, 1-6 to Jan Burton, of Florida...
Once in the lead, it never fell behind, as the Harvard defense tightened up, holding B.C. to three first downs in the second half and forcing five turnovers, including four fumbles...
...incoming arrestees, discussed the expected influx of prisoners with Norman Carlson, director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, and consulted Dr. Robert Du-Pont, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, about treatment requirements for addicts who would suddenly be in trouble as the supply of horse fell (the average addict needs five grams of heroin a day, at a cost of $60). Local hospitals were even alerted in case the planned arrests led to any injuries...
Dean writes crisply and clearly, turns some good phrases ("Thompson had me on a tightrope and he seemed to know how to shake the wire") and some bad ones ("The bottom of my stomach fell out, as it does when I look down from the top of a skyscraper...