Word: line
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson, which has hit only 63.8 of its freebies, can't seem to find its rhythm from the line. And in its 19-point loss to Holy Cross last Wednesday, Harvard gave future opponents a possibly effective defensive strategy--just foul, foul, foul...
...team hit only 10 of its 24 chances at the foul line, including five front ends of one-and-ones. That's 10 points out of a possible 29 from the line--a 19-point difference. The Crusaders defeated the Crimson, 86-67--a 19-point difference...
Little headway was made as debate continued. The bottom line of the package was higher by 10 p.m. as the Senate adopted amendments restoring $539,000 cut by the governor from the Registry of Motor Vehicles and approved $2 million earmarked for the Division of Banks...
...taken advantage of the resulting frustration among the younger officers to organize against Aquino. According to Candido Filio, a military analyst with the University of the Philippines, Gringo Honasan did not need support from the top brass to launch last week's coup attempt. "He has been working the line of company commanders," says Filio. As it turned out, at least two generals joined the rebellion...
...hydration is a medical treatment that may be withdrawn from terminally ill or irreversibly comatose patients. But others disagree; to them, food and water, even through a tube, represents the necessities of life and constitutes basic care. Some experts also debate whether there is a clear or a blurred line between withholding nourishment and the next step, injecting death-inducing drugs. Many worry about a slippery slope that could lead to legalized euthanasia and suicide, and a general devaluation of life, particularly of those who are incompetent or elderly...