Word: game
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Access," says President Couper, "is the name of the game. We probably do more here by way of public service than any other institution." Yet even if he had forgotten this, an inscription in the marble of Astor Hall, the library's main, high-ceilinged lobby, reminds visitors that the City of New York built the place in 1911 "for the free use of all the people." On New York's 42nd Street, that promise is all too literally being kept...
Meanwhile, the hacendados (estate owners), who once were undisputed masters of million-acre game preserves and cattle ranches, have been displaced from the top of the social pyramid by a new elite of rich cosmopolitan entrepreneurs and a growing middle class. Mexico City's Bernardo Quintana, for example, built the capital's famous subway system and now handles construction projects all over Latin America. Another highly successful family is that of Garza Sadas of Monterrey, whose investments in tourism and Grupo Industrial Alfa, an industrial conglomerate, are estimated to be worth $1 billion...
...about to let French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's government get off so easily. After all, France had supported the Bokassa regime for 13 years and given it up to $100 million a year in aid. Giscard periodically flew off to hunt big game with the dictator and publicly hailed him as "my relative." Scoffed Socialist Leader François Mitterrand: "What do they mean, no bloodshed? Blood was flowing for years, and it was known in Paris. This comic emperor owed his power only to the complacency of French officials...
...People showed a lot of mobility in the game," Harvard coach Bob Scalise said yesterday. "They were really working for the ball--making nice passes and switching fields. Also they have been working on heading so it was good to get some head balls...
...This game was a boost for us and will help us for the Brown game--we can do this against anyone," Brynteson said...