Word: nearly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...warning and control system) planes to track small aircraft from Colombia. Last week, the AWAC plane, at 29,000 ft., spotted a twin-engined D18 moving north along the Florida coast and alerted customs and police. They seized 1,600 lbs. of Colombian pot shortly after the D18 landed near Fort Lauderdale. Says Coast Guard Commandant John Hayes: "For once we have something more sophisticated than smugglers...
...October 1975. Sophomore third-string QB Tim Davenport comes in against Princeton with 12 minutes to go on an 80-degree day at the Stadium, and pulls off a near miracle--putting three touchdowns on the board before fumbling on his own 20 as Harvard loses...
Frank Marciano, area director of Buildings and Grounds, said a stoppage in the sewer system located near the dining hall caused the odor. Heavy rain over the weekend contributed to the problem, he added...
...count on hearing anybody whose name is cited now. Both Trudeau and Tomlin have turned down the honor in the past; last year, Dangerfield was a speaker of last resort. This year's committee may well exhaust its 19-person list before it manages to lure some notable, or near-notable, to a Cambridge spring. The post carries no pay or honorarium, and the selection committee may eventually have to call on some personal connections to draw its candidate...
...Senate, and so far only four have been so punished (the last in 1936). One despotic old coot, Judge Willis Ritter of Utah, was allowed to stay on the bench, despite his erratic behavior and abusive temper (he even threatened workmen with contempt for making too much noise near the courtroom), until he died at 79 last year...