Word: pounded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...conference at Blackpool last week, Prime Minister Harold Wilson was dealing from strength in some respects. The latest National Opinion Poll showed the Labor Party once again leading the Conservative in popularity by a margin of 3.9% , after having trailed the Tories for most of the summer. The shaky pound had momentarily rallied to its highest exchange rate in 15 months, reflecting the first surplus balance of payments in two years. Wilson, however, found his greatest strength in his party's own weakness. With his parliamentary majority down to only two seats, no Laborite dared risk a rift...
...this slight, I've been trying to find a way to pick against the Dodgers in the World Series. I thought I'd go for the Twins on the standard cliches: they can hit, they can run, and their pitching is no worse than the Dodgers' hitting. They can pound out the homers, or they can scratch for the single run. Sure, the Dodgers' pitching is great, but they can't pitch shutouts every day, and worse pitchers than Camilo Pascual have shut out the Dodgers this year. Maybe they go 23 innings in a scoreless tie; the Twins...
...Minnesota Vikings, darlings of Sports Illustrated, will rise no higher than third. Fran Tarkenton, Bill Brown, and Tommy Mason have fooled more sports-writers per pound than any other players in the league. The Vikings lack deep pass receiving threats, and fine defenders such as Carl Eiler and Rip Hawkins play along with nonentities like Bill Jobko and Larry Vargo...
This will be a massacre. The Big Red has a fantastic line, which includes a 300-pound monster at tackle, and the most rugged defense in the Ivy League. Lehigh lost to Penn last week. No chance of an upset here...
Defensive end Justin Hughes, recovering from a knee injury suffered against Holy Cross, will be replaced by 197-pound sophomore Bob Welz...