Word: plugged
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Running back Tony Hinz, Harvard's leading rusher, returned to action Saturday after breaking his right hand in the Crimson's game against Brown three weeks ago. Hinz rushed for 95 yards on 17 carries. Wingback Jim Reidy, the Crimson's spark plug in last week's game against Boston University, rushed for 61 yards on eight carries...
...subject is the epic poem Beowulf, which English teacher Daniels has tried to bring to life with a recording in Old English. But the school's tape recorder has an ill-fitting plug, and Daniels cannot get it to start. After several attempts, she asks a visitor to hold the plug in the socket. "This is one of the worst things about teaching in the city," she says. "Nothing ever works...
Instead, George Bush rambled on about American values while Michael Dukakis used the question as an opportunity to plug his proposed national health insurance plan...
Greene, a radio producer who used to work on A's broadcasts for station KSFO, San Francisco, this year added the Pittsburgh Pirates to his service and got a beer company to help defray costs in exchange for a plug. Eventually he hopes to expand to all 26 major league parks. So far, most of the media Mittys are male, but females are also starting to find their way into the booth. "Women announcers are generally quite good," says Greene. "The difference is they seem to take more of an interest in the aesthetics of the % players' physiques...
...handful of political celebrities arrived at the Fresh Pond Apartments complex Saturday to plug voter registration for minority citizens...