Word: ground
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Foreign affairs got relatively short shrift, and neither debater broke new ground. Dukakis, as expected, assailed Bush sharply for the Administration's dealings with Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega and for its "tragic" sales of arms to Iran. Bush, he said, had not been "out of the loop," as the Vice President had contended, but had attended "meeting after meeting after meeting" at which the arms sales were discussed and approved. His own position, said Dukakis, was that "there can be no concessions under any circumstances" to terrorists, however "agonizing" it might be to let American citizens remain in captivity...
...game is Hinz, Harvard's leading rusher (36 attempts, 201 yards). If Hinz, who missed last year's 41-6 Holy Cross win, has a big game on the ground, Harvard could upset the Crusaders. At least that's what Holy Cross is thinking...
...Crimson, however, gave up 525 yards of offense to the Minutemen last week, including 326 yards on the ground. While Harvard can hold its own up front with Captain Don Peterson and Jim Bell, the Crimson is still having problems trying to consistently stop the big play...
Running Backs: It was bad enough losing Heisman Trophy finalist Gordon Lockbaum to graduation. But early this season, the Cross lost junior fullback Willie Bradford to a knee injury. Although primarily a passing team, the Crusaders get good ground mileage out of fullback Joe Segreti (266 yards rushing in four games, a 4.8 per-carry average...
...issues have lost ground in the campaign because there are few ideological battles left. People who hold an opinion on either side of any of the most gripping controversies in a campaign, like abortion, the death penalty or aid to the contras, are firm in their ideology--and thus in their presidential choice. Most people simply won't vote for a leader who disagrees with their stand on an issue basic to their view of the world...