Word: major
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Only a major victory by the Crimson's dependable heavyweight Jim Phills saved the team from a loss. Phills' opponent, B.U.'s Walter Vaughn, looked too tired to put up a fight. The freshman waited patiently for Vaughn to falter and then fed him a steady diet of tie-up noves, waltzing away with an 18-6 win. "Jim fought a tough bout," co-captain Doug Mason said. "He used brains and pulled us out of the fire...
...sponsored coup meant for the Iranian nation 25 years of unparalleled brutality and suffering. Regrettably the complicity of the American government was a major factor in the maintenance of the Shah's regime. American advisors supported Savak, the dreaded secret police responsible for the torture and brutal deaths of untold numbers of Iranian citizens. The army was transformed into a brutal instrument of internal repression and a guardian of foreign interests in Iran and the Persian Gulf. What was called "economic development" in Iran during those 25 years was in reality the development of consumerism, quick profits for American...
King praised Carter's domestic policies in a 20 minute question-and-answer period, particularly praising energy programs that are of major importance to Massachusetts...
Even literature comes to life, after a fashion. "Shogun" was the story of 17th-century Japanese warriors. In a major mutation, Shoguns have evolved since into $7 "die-cast metal warriors" with arm-mounted rocket launchers. Not only that, they have "vertilift" airplanes. Not only that, people buy them...
Overall, electronic devices have replaced instruments as the source of music for children. At an age when Beethoven was grinding out major works, children today are encouraged to buy the "Magical Musical Thing." Shaped vaguely like a rifle, its maker promises you can "play it like a piano keyboard" or "play it like a guitar and be a star." Either way, "Touch a tune or strike a song, let your fingers creep along...