Word: raced
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...swim marked the fourth time in the past twomonths that Berkoff has broken the American recordin the 100 backstroke. Also, for the first timesince the institution of the butterfly as anofficial stroke in 1958, the winning NCAAbackstroke time was faster that the first-placetime in the butterfly race...
...that race, Berkoff, Manson, Tull and Kaplantouched in a 1:29.78 time, placing ahead ofpowerhouse teams from USC and Cal-Berkeley. But ina huge upset, Princeton claimed the gold medalwith a time...
...vote. His foes realize they would be unlikely to whip him at the polls, so they want to abolish his job and replace it with a panel appointed by the Governor. Hightower forced the showdown two months ago, when he made the surprise decision to pass up a race for the U.S. Senate against Republican Phil Gramm and instead run for re- election in 1990. Then he promptly spurred a ruckus with his plan to promote hormone-free Texas beef. The proposal angered many cattlemen in part because it would boost feed costs...
...with Uzis and AR- 15s. Urban emergency rooms have started resembling MASH units, with doctors treating the sort of huge gunshot wounds once seen only in combat. The Second Amendment notwithstanding, more and more Americans have decided that something must be done to stem the nation's internal arms race...
...Irish brunch hosted by Massachusetts Senate President William M. Bulger (D-South Boston), Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Murphy, one of the predicted front runners in the upcoming gubernatorial race. tried to clear up confusion about who the candidates for governor will be. "No matter who enters the race, no matter who withdraws, I want this to be made clear--in 1990 I will not be a candidate for the office of lieutenant governor...