Word: hunts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After watching the visitors steadily overtake the fast-starting Harvard women, Harvard coach Pappy Hunt's mood was as bleak as the grey skies that hung over the golf'course. "With our top group, we're a hell of a team; buit without them we're just another team...
Though the meet's outcome would have changed with either of the missing runners, Hunt felt his team would have won anyway. "I expected them to bounce back," he said, referring to Saturday's loss to the University of New Hampshire, "but we didn't. We ran flat...
...back a baby water buffalo, and the North Vietnamese were going crazy trying to figure out why we had mounted a big operation for that purpose. The officer, presuming that the President's security adviser could not be totally mad, reported this to his superiors, who started a hunt for the animal. The troops in the field, convinced that Washington had lost its mind, reported they knew nothing about any kidnaped baby water buffalo. The Pentagon refused to believe I had made my comment lightly. Back went a query asking to make sure by checking the helicopter for buffalo...
...libertarians were not 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...
...playing up to par. This year his batting average sagged to .317, mostly because his hand has not yet healed. Still, there are bright spots, which management hates to mention because every silver lining seems to contain a cloud. For one, Southern California now has something to do besides hunt for gas stations: Angels' attendance was up nearly 50% from last year to 2,523,575, one of the best home gates in league history. For another, some of those ailing pitchers may be back. In the season's final week, Tanana and the ever inconsistent Ryan pitched...