Word: fought
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard fought back with a goal by Emily Ozer at the close of the first period, and a goal from Eileen Pratt opened the second to knot the game at three...
Adler's critics, of whom there are many, dismiss him as a hip shooter, the fastest opinion west of the Hudson but not worth serious attention. Yet Leon Botstein, president of Bard College in New York, admires Adler's contentiousness. Adler has fought for the idea, says Botstein, that thought "is too important to be left to the Ph.D.s." Declares Ernest Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: "He's taken cherished institutions by the scruff of the neck and said, 'Enough...
Representatives from higher education organizations fought hard to insert provisions which would protect their members. The two largest organizations, the American Council on Education (ACE), an umbrella group of almost all colleges and universities in the nation, and the AAU, lobbied especially hard, but to no avail--The bill passed...
Stark need and the Communist insurgency have given Aquino a severe challenge on two fronts: achieving both economic recovery and political stability. Economically, Aquino has fought back with, among other things, an adjustment program negotiated last October with the International Monetary Fund. The IMF promised to lend the Philippines roughly $330 million while insisting on limitations to monetary growth and fiscal restraint along with basic changes in the country's protectionist economy...
...patience strategy worked nicely for the first quarter, as the teams traded unassisted goals to make it 1-1 after 15 minutes. UMass tallied first on a solo effort by Chris Zusi, but Harvard fought right back three minutes later when sophomore Steve Lux spun past his defender and shot the ball past LoCascio to even things...