Word: punching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...simple majority of senators have pledgedtheir backing, and Gov. Michael S. Dukakis haspromised to sign it if it reaches his desk. Inaddition, the bill has garnered endorsements fromorganizations bearing such political punch as theBoston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Leagueof Women Voters and the state chapter of theNational Organization of Women...
Unlike Wednesday's loss to Stanford, the Crimson had trouble creating opportunities. The Quakers stifled Harvard's offense in the first half, but could not generate any offensive punch of their own, either...
...club will have slightly more than 73 members after its fall punch, he says...
...didn't move then, we were going to go to the NATO summit without anything." In a May 15 Oval Office meeting, Bush, Baker, Scowcroft, chief of staff John Sununu, Joint Chiefs Chairman William Crowe and Defense Secretary Dick Cheney gathered to discuss ways to make a proposal with "punch." Scowcroft suggested that Bush propose deep reductions in U.S. and Soviet ground forces and combat aircraft in Europe. The President liked Scowcroft's idea but wanted to make sure the Pentagon was on board. "I just don't want to do anything militarily dumb," he said repeatedly...
...rather than on individual crimes. It can target anyone involved in an "enterprise" that engages at least twice a decade in any of a broad range of criminal activities, from murder and extortion to mail and wire fraud. The law authorizes heavy prison sentences and carries a powerful economic punch. Convicted defendants must forfeit all their ill- gotten gains, including all "proceeds" from the enterprise...