Word: fought
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...exploded behind him in a clearing near Xuan Loc on May 28, 1969. His anguish will heal finally, and maybe the nation's pain be eased too, when ground is broken in a few days on the Washington Mall for the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial. Fifty men who fought in the war will each turn a spade of earth on a spot of hallowed ground 75 yards from Constitution Avenue. The site is by design beneath the gaze of Abraham Lincoln, who held the Union together, and in the morning shadow of the Washington Monument, commemorating...
...struggle for the memorial imitated life. Virginia's Senator John Warner and Maryland's Senator Charles Mathias heard distant bugle calls and fought all the way for the monument. Illinois' meddlesome Congressman Henry Hyde carelessly spread misinformation and doubt, impugning the sponsors of the idea. Democratic Presidential Candidate George McGovern, who ran in 1972 and was one of the first and most vehement opponents of the war, rallied behind the campaign. Texan Ross Perot intruded with ideas for bigger and grander edifices and statues. With little fanfare, Nancy Reagan penned thank-you notes to hundreds...
After a hard-fought first game, New Jersey collapsed, and the 2-0 Crimson zipped to victory in the second game and took the third stanza with only two starters on the floor...
...visitors from Ithaca became progressively more flustered as their comfortable first-half margin began to dwindle away. Harvard forced a number of turnovers in the back court and fought for offensive rebounds, which the hoopsters were unable to do in their Friday night loss to Northeastern...
After dropping the opening two games. Hulbert fought back to take the next three in chiff-hanging tiebreakers...