Word: gaines
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rules: Bodychecking in women's hockey is technically taboo--unless players are fighting to gain control of the puck--but referees ten to use their own discretion on checking calls. Stickchecking (including backchecking and forechecking) is permissible, however, and often proves to be the key to a strong defense. Other penalty calls are the same as in men's hockey...
Hansen seems to be a new kind of crisismonger, jetting to trouble spots, flaunting congressional credentials to gain access and then making his own bizarre foreign policy on TV film. An ultraconservative Republican member of the House Banking Committee, Hansen flew to Nicaragua a week before the fall of Anastasio Somoza and by his presence implied a support for Somoza that the U.S. Government was discouraging. Hansen also joined a mail campaign to encourage the American residents of the Panama Canal Zone to oppose the new treaty...
...joke some shoppers trying to elbow their way through the crowds that are thronging the stores. K mart has rung up a sprightly 13.7% increase in retail sales so far this year, and even laggard Sears, Roebuck reported a 3.7% monthly rise in November, its biggest gain in more than a year. So where is the recession? Like a mugger, it could be lurking around the next quarter if it has not already pounced. Real personal earnings are down nearly 5% from last year, and there are signs that consumer spending is still powered largely by the inflationary psychology...
...hardheaded about bargaining over terms, especially when buying a home. Counsels Myerson: "If you find the house fails to meet certain standards, you should not immediately cross it off your list. But, armed with the information of what is needed to bring the house up to high standards, you gain the leverage you need to convince the seller to lower the price...
...ends up so smitten that he resorts first to drugs, then to suicide in his despair over failing to gain possession of her. Marcello Mastroianni plays the one who ruined her when she was an adolescent, and still holds power over...