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...first of two on the night, was able to nip any Bruin momentum in the bud. While two Brown defenders tied up Whyte, the puck slid through the crease untouched. Simonds came in from the right wing and blasted the loose puck into the back of the net from point-blank range...

Author: By Liz Resnick, | Title: Icewomen Upset Brown | 1/31/1991 | See Source »

Even now the ambiguity remains. At his press conference, Bush was asked point-blank, "Are you going to war?" Said the President: "I would love to see a peaceful resolution to this question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raising The Ante: U.S. Troops in the Persian Gulf | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

Midfielder Don Daigle had one breakaway opportunity but was stuffed from point-blank range by the Hartford goaltender. Otherwise, Harvard could not generate strong chances...

Author: By P.i. Rosenthal, | Title: Hernani's Hat Trick Bowls Over Booters | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

...Friars saw opportunity knock loud and clear in the first five minutes of the game. With a gaping defensive hole, senior Crimson goalie Beth Reilly could only admire as the point-blank Friars shot from 16 yards out settled into the upper-right corner...

Author: By Rebecca D. Knowles, | Title: W. Booters' Strategy Stumbles, 2-1, in OT | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

...July 29 the violence in Liberia escalated dramatically. In one of the worst massacres of the nine-month-old civil war, troops allegedly loyal to Doe opened fire on some 2,000 refugees holed up in Monrovia's St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Firing with automatic weapons at point-blank range, the forces killed as many as 600. Survivors claimed that most of the victims were members of the Gio and Mano tribes. But the rebels are hardly a single unified front. Johnson's leadership is opposed by Charles Taylor, another insurgent, whose troops control parts of Monrovia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Liberia The Marines to the Rescue | 8/13/1990 | See Source »

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