Word: letting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lions continued to let Harvard beat itself when, five minutes into the second half, Walsh let a looping cross go through his arms and onto the foot of Steve Charles, who blasted the checkered spheroid through the goal...
George Arnold, a varsity golfer and former soccer player, failed to convert on any of the first half point-after chips as most of the attempts looked like duck hooks with the driver. But he did manage to let out some shaft with several booming kickoffs to the goaline and made good on his only PAT in the second half...
Obviously, he does not think so. The old Rooseveltian compromise, in which Congress let the President meet emergencies, has broken down. Today, Congress demands an equal voice. Right now Schlesinger sees our constitutional system as a road map to frustration. "It may require an external shock to set it straight," he says. "It may be a major foreign policy setback, and then the public will insist that we have cohesion in Government. I just hope such a shock is not fatal. The 1980s will be a tune of severe peril...
...reelected, Governor Romero has promised to hold a plebiscite in 1981 to let Puerto Ricans choose between the present commonwealth, statehood and independence. And despite the emotional uproar over the nationalists' release, the pro-independence forces have never won more than 19% in an election-their last tally, in 1976, was less than 7%. As for his Administration's feelings about Puerto Rican statehood-pro-statehood forces won 48% of the vote in the last election -Carter told the congressional caucus dinner last week: -"I would support whatever decision is made by the people of Puerto Rico...
...range is high, encompassing top Bs, Cs and even Ds with an unforced, open-throated quality that Italians call lasciarsi andare?letting it pour forth. Many tenors blessed with such an instrument would be content to let it pour forth at top volume, and subtlety be damned. Pavarotti has instinctive taste and musicality, not to mention a keen sense of timing. He shades his phrasing and dynamics in order to bring the composer's lines to life and let them breathe...