Word: fought
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Just three days after Christmas, the Crimson started giving away its own gifts--three goals to Wisconsin, three more goals to Boston College. Although the Crimson fought back for a 6-6 tie with the Eagles, the large cushion was too much against the Badgers, who for the first time since 1994 waltzed into the Showdown's championship round...
...walk. The destination is not only holy to the church but sacred to the nation. From the son of Sheba 3,000 years ago descended an unbroken line of Ethiopian Emperors down to the people's revolution in 1974. Today Axum is the capital of Tigrai province, which fought for years to gain independence but instead won control of the entire country six years ago. When the devout finally arrive back home, their neighbors will wash their feet and drink the bath water to share in the blessing...
...American University's online newspaper, The Eagle's Web, last year ran one student's emphatic plea for two-ply. "I didn't even know they sold one-ply toilet paper any more in this country," wrote the student, Phil Schneider. "This is America, for god sakes! We've fought wars so that we could wipe ourselves without having the paper rip into little pieces like Quentin Tarrentino's [sic] career...
...confidence wavers for just that one instant though, before the same Gina that fought for the right to earn a Harvard degree re-emerges...
Redmond said she will continue to work within the council and its Student Affairs Committee to support the issue she fought for during the campaign...