Word: horning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like so many African crises before it, the Polisario dispute in the Sahara between Morocco and Algeria has caused the Carter Administration an inordinate amount of worry. As in such similarly intricate problems of the recent past that involved Zaire, Angola and the Ethiopian-Somali fighting in the Horn of Africa, the Administration has been sharply divided over how to protect its improving relations with the Third World while at the same time countering rising Soviet influence...
Although the Crimson continued to threaten the Minutemen until the horn sounded in overtime, several good scoring opportunities developed into "if onlies" instead of goals...
...never practiced together on the big boats prior to the official pre-race test run but managed to hang on to second place after the first day of sailing. "We were behind Delaware by eight points and there were two more races to go, which is a huge gap," Horn said. Nevertheless, the team closed the gap in the last two races, sailing well enough to edge out the University of Delaware for first place...
...took the Greater Boston Dinghy Championships last weekend in a very close competition. Boston University, M.I.T. and Tufts all tied for second place with 72 points, two points behind Harvard. Briane Keane had two first place finishes, while Will Geffries had "the best racing day of his life," said Horn, taking four first places. Tony Friedrich also won a crucial race in his first major trophy meet...
...future of the sailing team is very promising, Horn said. "There have been a lot of different people involved in bringing home these victories," he said. "In the past, eight or ten good sailors would contribute. Now there are about 20 people who support the core of seniors...