Word: pasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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More than that, in midweek a rumor flashed round the world: Brezhnev was dying or, indeed, was already dead. As had occurred half a dozen times in the past five years, the story spread that the Soviet leader had succumbed to one of his many ailments, which allegedly include emphysema, cancer of the jaw, heart disease, gout and leukemia. Kremlinologists pointed out that Brezhnev had not been seen in public since his return to Moscow two weeks ago from a state visit to East Germany. There observers had been shocked by the Soviet leader's shuffling walk, slurred speech...
...high fuel costs, passed out "Big Oil Discredit Cards" and waved banners declaring, "I don't want to freeze in the dark." For most, the principal peeve was not gasoline prices or petroleum industry profits but the 60% rise in the cost of heating oil in the past 2½ years...
...again got a lesson in the Law of the Jungle when the duo of Ferrante and St. Louis proved to be fitter than the Princeton defense. On a quick counter attack play, Ferrante fed a 25-ft. pass to St. Louis, who only took time to fake her way past a defenseman before bulleting the ball into...
...crushing tackles and forward dashes of Ivy League Player of the Week Lorenzo DiBonaventura, the rejuvenated Harvard men's soccer team slipped past powerful Princeton, 2-0, Saturday at the Business School Field, to capture its fourth straight...
DiBonaventura played a particularly critical role in the first half. As the Harvard halfbacks had trouble moving the ball past mid-field, DiBonaventura repeatedly intercepted the ball and charged forward to give goalie Billy Blood a chance to breathe...