Word: pounded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only by a fresh start under a fresh leader." King's attack carried the authority of an insider, and he followed it up by resigning as a director of the Bank of England, which manages the country's day-to-day accounts. Britain's already shaky pound responded by weakening sharply in world money markets...
...possibly the finest wrestler in Harvard's history. He was undefeated through his three varsity seasons, wrestling at the 123 and 130-pound categories...
...National Amateur Athletic Union's 125-pound championship. He placed third in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's annual championships in 1952 and fourth in 1953. Few Harvard wrestlers--or even Ivy League wrestlers--achieve such national ranking...
Although the Andover throwers will only be using eight-pound hammers, Stowell said that Ed Nosal will probably stick with the 12-pound hammer in a final attempt to smash the freshman record of 173'9". Nosal's best toss this year...
...typically eaten by stronger ones in ascending order. The most closely studied example is the effect of pesticides, which have sharply improved farm crops but also caused spectacular kills of fish and wildlife. In the Canadian province of New Brunswick, for example, the application of only one-half pound of DDT per acre of forest to control the spruce budworm has twice wiped out almost an entire year's production of young salmon in the Miramichi River. In this process, rain washes the DDT off the ground and into the plankton of lakes and streams. Fish...