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Word: nearly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tractor crossed the airstrip. The men in it suddenly picked up guns and began firing at the people near the Otter. Before he could seek cover, Ron Javers of the San Francisco Chronicle was hit in the left shoulder. He crawled behind a plane wheel. NBC Cameraman Bob Brown stayed on his feet, filming the approaching riflemen. "He was incredibly tenacious," Javers reported. "Then I saw him go down. And I saw one of the attackers stick a shotgun right into his face?inches away, if that. Bob's brain was blown out of his head. It splattered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightmare in Jonestown | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

Filling in the elipses, B.U.'s last couple of outings have been near losses. In Providence by senior netminder Jim Craig to give the Terriers a 3-2 win against the Friars. Three days ago at Walter Brown B.U. had to come up with a threegoal third period to defeat Dartmouth...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Icemen Cross Charles For First 'Home' Game | 12/2/1978 | See Source »

...were in. Bernal, no longer burdened by the stigma of being a rookie coach, has been administering the dryland exercise programs that he is renowned for with full force this year. Morning nautilus workouts, stretching, isokinetics, and between 200 and 500 situps a day have left the team in near-perfect physical condition. It showed vs. the Navy...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Swimmers Invade Annapolis: Crimson Nuke Middies, 65-48 | 12/2/1978 | See Source »

...contrary to all established principles of journalistic ethics--that sale of advertising space is tantamount to endorsement, it still might have a little difficulty separating the claims of free speech from those which are, supposedly, incorrect in their views. We hope that it might reconsider its stand in the near future, before reality intrudes--because these situations will continue to arise, no matter how fervently the majority might hope that this is a "special case...

Author: By Peter Tufano, | Title: Taking Offense | 12/2/1978 | See Source »

Preusser suggests that the University could have reduced the plan's impact on Cambridge by also extending the housing loans to ten nearby communities. But according to O'Brien, such an expansion would defeat the loan program's goal of keeping faculty members near students...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: The Folks Next Door | 12/2/1978 | See Source »

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