Word: quarters
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Nevertheless, the claim that America lost something with Kennedy's death serves as a convenient--and misleading--excuse for explaining why America has had problems in the past quarter century. It is a wonderful scapegoat for national leaders or policymakers unable to solve major problems, whether they be poverty, the deficit or international terrorism...
Gicewicz's big moment this year came in Week 3 against Holy Cross. In the second quarter, Gicewicz intercepted a Jeff Wiley pass and raced 46 yards before being hauled down...
...first penalty came early in the second quarter after Reggie Dupard ran 14 yards to a first down at the Miami eight-yd. line. That moved the ball to the four and Staurovsky connected from 22 yards four plays later...
...second call against Williams came early in the third quarter with the score tied 3-3. Quarterback Doug Flutie scrambled 15 yards for a first down at the Miami 42 and the penalty put the ball at the 27. Eight plays later, Staurovsky kicked his game-winning 34-yarder...
...resume is now complete. That elusive last line can be typed in: George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States. For nearly a quarter-century in public life, Bush has upheld the old-line patrician virtues of duty, service, loyalty and self-effacement. These qualities served him well as he clambered up the ladder of achievement. But on a cloudy Tuesday night in November, uplifted by the votes of more than 46 million Americans, Bush was elevated onto a higher plane. The years in the shadows, the natural deference to others, the small humiliations of a perpetual office...