Word: punch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...entitled to exhibit great moral outrage over lagging integration. Items: R.A.F. planes stationed in Europe are at NATO disposal, but R.A.F. defense units in Britain are not; the Scandinavians allow no NATO planes to be stationed on their soil; the atomic weapons that provide NATO with its Sunday punch are jealously kept under U.S. control by act of Congress...
...briefly as 8 minutes 10 seconds; at its best, one night in Philadelphia, it lasted longer than 12 minutes. "It was," says Penn, "one of the greatest things I have seen in the theater. Everyone, including myself, was too moved to do anything rational, let alone punch a stop watch. The audience came out of its seats yelling...
...merely reacting, has lately done so intelligently. A Caribbean arms embargo coupled with an obvious show of patience toward Cuba has taken any hemisphere-wide punch out of Castro's anti-Yankee tirades. Current U.S. investment policies are increasingly based on partnership (see below). The Inter-American Bank, mostly U.S. financed, will be in business just as soon as the remaining 18 of the 20 Latin American countries cough up their donations...
...established stars, Crimson hockey coach Cooney Weiland last year looked forward to a season well below the standard set by the teams in the 'Cleary era.' Forced to rely heavily on sophomores, Weiland saw as the season progressed that the first line was the only one with any scoring punch. The result was the loss of the Ivy League title...
...third line is probably the best the Crimson has had in several years. Weiland in the past has had to rely mostly on the scoring punch of the first unit, but "this fall," he said, "There's not so much difference between the lines." That he will be able to throw three lines of almost equal ability at the opposition, constantly, keeping the pressure on the opposing goalie, unquestionably will be an important factor in lifting the team's point total...