Word: key
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...mainstay of the Harvard backfield is the "Mutt-and-Jeff" combination of senior Andy Dale and junior Robert Bonnie. Dale, listed as the shortest player on the Crimson squad (5-ft., 7-in.), has taken advantage of his size and speed to manuever his way into and out of key defensive positions. An aggressive player, Dale can often be credited with igniting Crimson counter-attacks...
...offseason was a key with the running and lifting we did," Peterson said. "We are bigger and stronger than Harvard defensive linemen have been in years...
Amid the turmoil surrounding his nomination, Bork has continued his visits with key Senators, tirelessly explaining his stands on legal issues, struggling to convince lawmakers that he is the right man for the Supreme Court. Though one Reagan aide described Bork as "nervous as a tic," he insists that the judge has never talked about withdrawing his nomination. "He was not asked to ((withdraw)) and didn't raise it" during a 20-minute pep talk with the President at the White House last week, said the aide. An official who spent a good deal of time with Bork last week...
...appearance of the Messiah. In order to overcome such objections to nationhood, David Ben-Gurion, the country's political founder, shaped an agreement with Jewish religious leaders in 1947 that attempted to define the role of religion in Israeli life. That declaration, known as the "status quo," made several key concessions to religious authorities. Among them was a pledge that the traditional Friday- evening-to-Saturday-evening Jewish Sabbath would be Israel's official day of rest. Ever since then, Israelis have been quarreling over the practical implications of the status quo. With the same single-minded tenacity that infuses...
...key Republican defection ensures an anti- Bork majority on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Southern moderates join the stampede. -- The Democrats are in disarray as Michael Dukakis fires his campaign manager for leaking an "attack video." -- What exactly did William Casey tell Bob Woodward, and when did he tell it? -- The worst earthquake since 1971 rocks Los Angeles...