Word: match
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...movement. The second of ten children of an Irish family in The Bronx, Meany became an apprentice plumber at 16. He soon proved as skilled at manipulating people as pipes. Stolid in appearance, sometimes slow of speech, he was easy to underestimate. But in any encounter, few rivals could match his wits or the forcefulness with which he pressed his views...
...present seems dismal enough. Though U.P.I.'s 850 reporters clack out almost 8 million words and figures a day, they are unable to match the sheer ubiquity of A.P., with 1,401 journalists. As a result, when editors are forced to cut back on their wire budgets, many drop U.P.I. in favor of the more comprehensive coverage provided by A.P. Some 1,365 U.S. newspapers belong to A.P., while 1,115 subscribe to U.P.I...
...audiences can grant the picture its imaginative leaps, and go with its surprising tone, they will be pleasantly rewarded. The wit derives mainly from Writer-Director Meyer's wry confrontations between Futurist Wells and a world that does not in any way match his optimistic projections of things to come. Whether trying to adjust to the automobile, a Big Mac or a Mickey Mouse telephone, Wells is a consistently appealing figure. After playing lots of reprehensible characters (A Clockwork Orange) McDowell exhibits a first-rate change-up. Even more surprising is Mary Steenburgen as the junior bank officer...
...were playing our kind of game more than in the other games this season," tri-captain Brynteson said after the match. "The middle of the goal wasn't very cluttered so if you crossed it in front, it wasn't blocked," she added...
Right now Elaine Kellogg concentrates on getting ready for tomorrow's game against Penn. She and her teammates have set their sights on the Ivy Championship, and tomorrow is the Ivy opener. A veteran of a high school championship squad, she now plans for a collegiate match, attracting a crowd that wouldn't bother...