Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...slow and liked to play long-ball; I was short and quick and liked to take it a base or two at a time...
Tiger netman Tim Main used a strong arsenal of passing shots to knock off Crimson Captain Peter Palandjian at second singles, 6-2, 6-3, giving Princeton a quick 2-0 advantage...
...Three quick unanswered goals off draws in the middle of the period put the Crimson in a hole it could...
These policies--whether quick-and-dirty one-shot actions such as Sidra I, II and III or long-term strategies such as the Reagan Doctrine and Star Wars --have evoked mixed reactions abroad. Denis Healey, the British Labor Party's most prominent spokesman on foreign policy, has continually protested global unilateralism in so many words. Last week Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, sensing a new buzz word in the Esperanto of Uncle Sam bashing, denounced the U.S. for "neoglobalism." At the same time, public remonstrations from the chancelleries of Europe and elsewhere have often been modulated with whispered encouragement...
...Quick! Name a city in Argentina. Almost certainly, the first response would be Buenos Aires, the country's cultural, business and tourist hub, and for 105 years its capital. Last week President Raul Alfonsin proposed moving the seat of government to Patagonia, a wind-blasted region 475 miles to the southwest. In making his suggestion, Alfonsin described Buenos Aires as an "excessive megalopolis." The 11 million residents of the metropolitan area represent 35% of the country's population...