Word: openings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Engineers were a team of Michael Myers, victimizing the Crimson with a flawless offense that consistently produced open shots around the net and for Schrorr in the hole...
However, Schrorr tallied his sixth goal of the game 30 seconds later when Harvard failed to double-team him in the hole. Trailing 11-10 with one minute remaining, Richards broke open on a fast break and outraced the entire MIT defense to beat Wysocki and tie the game...
...races for the six open seats, left by three retiring senators from each party, U.S. Rep. James Jeffords (R-Vt.) is expected to move to the upper house, while Democrat Charles S. Robb should win the Virginia seat, formerly held by a Republican. The four other open races--in Florida, Wisconsin, Washington and Mississippi--feature the closest battles...
...Republicans to regain control of the Senate, they must take five of the six open seats, hold onto all their incumbents (including Weicker, Karnes and Hecht) and pick off Lautenberg and Metzenbaum. This will give the GOP a 50-50 tie in the upper house, which could be broken by the vote of Vice President Dan Quayle, assuming that a Republican is elected to fill Quayle's seat in Indiana...
...that is highly unlikely. Right now it looks like the Democrats will hold off the challenges to their incumbents, beat Hecht and Karnes and at least split the open seats. This result will still increase the Democratic majority in the Senate to 56-44, a margin which will make life much more difficult for a President Bush and his agenda than it was for President Reagan...