Word: hit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...national malaise poses a civic puzzle: Are Americans obliged to vote, even for candidates they dislike? Purists have sometimes overstated a yes answer. Dictatorships often force people to vote for handpicked candidates and then proudly proclaim that participation hit 95% or more. By contrast, the U.S. right to vote carries with it a right not to vote, to register a negative protest, and most Americans would balk at hav ing it any other way. Even so, they sometimes forget that people the world over have often died fighting for even the crudest kind of franchise. Well aware of that struggle...
...when Shriver was a guest at De Gaulle's semiannual pheasant shoot at the presidential chateau in Rambouillet, an hour from Paris. Shriver downed two birds in a row as the general watched closely from behind. Each time, De Gaulle exclaimed: "Good shot!" Shriver missed once, then hit a bird that plopped to the ground barely a yard from De Gaulle. "Splendid!" the general roared. "A present for you, M. le Président," responded Shriver, offering his host the fallen pheasant...
...rugby you always give your opponent the benefit of the doubt," says one Harvard player." "He's often quite involved in the game, and sometimes doesn't realize that he has hit you illegally. At any rate, if it's a flagrant enough violation the referee is bound...
Moving the team to the Dartmouth 45, Lalich dropped back to pass on the next play, but finding his receivers cornered he scrambled up the middle to the 20, where he lateralled to Gatto as he was hit. Gatto to the four to complete the 41 yard gain...
Dartmouth's only score came late in the final quarter as substitute quarterback Bill Koenig hit Randy Wallick for an 11 yard TD pass. By that time, even the Harvard fans cheered.Harvard's massive defensive tackles, RICK BERNE (71) and LON KAPLAN (77), storm through the Dartmouth forward wall to smother substitute quarterback BILL KOENIG (14). Berne and Kaplan shared in the Harvard defense's complete containment of the Big Green last Saturday; Dartmouth was held to 75 yards on the ground and 119 in the air while Harvard walked off with a 22-7 victory...