Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...game's end, a running batle between the Providence coach and the referee nearly turned into a fight. "You're the worst ref I've ever seen in my life," yelled the coach. "With a team like you got, buddy," the ref yelled back, "nothin' would do you any good...
Cambridge then carried its fight against the Belt to Washington, finding a more sympathetic hearing there than in the Commonwealth. Cambridge exerted intense pressure for another study of the Belt, and the Federal Bureau of Public Roads, in the midst of Johnsonian budget cutting, probably didn't want to spend the money for the road immediately, so the BPR found it highly advantageous to lend a kindly ear to Cambridge's plea...
...faithful barker, Governor Volpe, will probably have, if not a cabinet post, at least enough influence to bend the ear of Bridwell's successor on the matter of the Belt. Though Volpe has remained mum on the Belt for almost two years, it's likely that Cambridge's continuing fight has not further endeared the City to the former highway contractor. The study could be scratched before it began...
...crucial games are slated for next Tuesday. First-place Eliot meets prime contender Kirkland, while cellar-dwellers Quincy and Dudley will fight it out for eight place. Leverett, one of the three undefeated teams, plays Adams, while Lowell faces third-place Dunster...
Many observers predicted that last night's announcement would help Vice President Humphrey in his uphill fight against front-running Richard Nixon in next Tuesday's Presidential election...