Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Billy Bathgate's metaphor for his own life is juggling: "It was juggling that had got me where I was...And when I wasn't juggling I was doing sleight of hand...magic was not the point, it was never the point, dexterity was to me the point...
...first period, which saw Cole facing a five-point deficit, Peckham withdrew Cole to give Brown a six-point win by default...
Down by three points in the match, the Crimson then tied it up when Ted Stachtiaris tallied a 5-4 win over Mike Foley of Brown in the 134-1b. class, earning Harvard a three-point decision and knotting the score...
...category, Brown's Joe Bury upended Scott Beck, 7-3, to give the Bruins a three-point decision...
Bankers were miffed too about being tied up with the S & Ls. The symbolic point of contention was the trusted FDIC decal that banks display prominently on their premises and in their advertising. The Administration at first told thrift owners that they would be able to display the symbol under the new plan. To many depositors, the seal represents greater safety and security than the thrift industry's own logo. Bankers therefore vociferously oppose sharing the FDIC seal, maintaining that it would be effectively tarnished if given to the thrifts and would lead to the complete merging...