Word: low
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...size of the field hampered the mobility of the Crimson offense, and ensured a low-scoring, defensive battle. Southern Connecticut did, however, find a way to pepper the Harvard net with 11 shots--and only several fine saves by Ippolito allowed the Crimson to depart unscathed...
After a fine Keller-Sarmiento corner kick that the Crimson almost converted, Mauro tried a free kick from nearly the same spot. This time he scooted it low toward the goal and Mike Smith redirected it past Stringfellow for a 1-1 tie with 31:19 gone...
...mile underground at the Homestake mine two men are at work, dim silhouettes beneath bright balloons of light cast by their head lamps. They are standing in a low, dark cavern, about 200 ft. long and 50 ft. wide, which is just now acquiring a festive look. Long blue and yellow streamers trail down out of the darkness from the jagged rocks overhead. Richard Aberle is patiently connecting up the streamers to make an electric circuit: yellow to yellow, blue to blue. They lead to detonator caps and charges buried deep in the rock by Aberle's partner...
...Cover your ears!" Burns yells. Counting ten under his breath, he pushes the plunger. "Fire!" The explosion is less a noise than a huge impact. The force of more than half a ton of explosive rattles the bones. There is a short, odd silence, followed by a series of low, menacing rumbles. That means the charges have done their work. Aftershocks have shaken loose more than a thousand tons of gold-bearing rock from the ceiling of the cavern. Smoke tumbles up the nearby escape shaft, thick with the acrid scent of ammonia...
Jimmy Carter's 19% approval rating in the polls may be a record low for a President, but Congress is doing even worse...