Word: leading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Bruce Crowder neatly tipped in a centering pass from linemate Terry Flanagan at 9:09 (only 37 seconds after Francis' tally), the Wildcats had a 2-1 lead. Unfazed by this quick turnabout, Dartmouth pressed for the tying goal and nearly got it when a Mark Burton slapper beat Moffett cleanly but hit the post...
Dixon handed off to Chafee, who moved up to take the lead for a lap or two before losing it, passing the baton and a second-place spot to McNulty...
...going to pot . . ." There were indeed reports last week that Billy was brooding, jittery and deeply despondent in the hospital in Americus, Ga., where he is confined for bronchitis. But his physician, Dr. Paul Broun, insisted that Billy was not "seriously ill." Said he: "Seriously ill means it could lead to his demise...
...forces, led by the Conservative Party, mounted a late-blooming campaign that focused on an even more basic Scottish instinct: they charged that the cost of home rule would be quickly felt in the form of higher taxes. Some Scots also began to ponder the fact that devolution might lead to the breakup of the United Kingdom, which none but the most extreme nationalists want...
...strong-currency countries like Japan and West Germany can afford to pay the high costs. The declining value of the dollar has made oil relatively cheaper in yen or marks than it was only a few years ago. If other OPEC countries now decide to follow Iran's lead, even going so far as to break existing contracts with oil companies, the dollar price of a barrel of crude could surge to unimagined heights...