Word: goon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...course, those whispered words would havebeen none too sweet. These teams play differentbrands of hockey. Harvard is the skating squadron,RPI the goon platoon...
...Registration should be on the day before [the first day of classes]," George Goon '91 said. "If you have a problem with red-dotting, it might...
...electoral council received death threats. Yet the government declined to commit itself to providing election-day security until two days before the balloting. In some violence-racked neighborhoods, determined voters took matters into their own hands, establishing watch committees and killing at least three members of the goon squads...
Shock, despair, terror and anger grip the Caribbean nation after goon squads abort balloting, leaving at least 50 civilians dead and raising troubling questions about army complicity. -- Polish voters reject a government- proposed program of economic reform and austerity. -- With the U. S.- backed rebels gaining, the Soviets seek a quick exit from Afghanistan...
These instances show what a liability a goon can be to a team. But goons as a whole are a liability to the NHL. The league's image is tarnished when a particularly vicious cheap shot is leveled against a defenseless player...