Word: nearly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...terrible cycle of family tragedies shattered whatever strength Joan could muster: two brothers-in-law assassinated, her husband's near fatal plane crash, Chappaquiddick, which was followed a month later by a third miscarriage, then her son's leg amputation for cancer at twelve. She attempted a succession of cures: reviving a music career that had faltered, then psychiatrists, alcoholism sanitariums, even megavitamin therapy...
...first time in six games, Harvard's defense seemed unsettled and occasionally confused. Too often, the ball lingered near the Crimson goalmouth, giving Brown multiple opportunities before Harvard finally cleared it to the side...
...first half, it came. Walter Diaz pulled Brown to the near post, then fed Andy Kronfeld who had over half the net to play with as he made the score...
With only 38 seconds gone Michael Smith dribbled the ball to the right of the goal, forcing Bowdoin goalkeeper Keith Brown to cover the near post. He then slipped the ball back to Keller-Sarmiento for an easy score...
Police knocked one demonstrator off a pair of six-foot stilts, and several officers clubbed a group of demonstrators near the front of the line...