Word: ran
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...special congressional election in Georgia, however, simply being a woman-and a widow-was not enough to win. Ultralight Democratic Congressman Lawrence McDonald, chairman of the John Birch Society, died on Korean Air Lines Flight 007. His wife Kathy, 34, believed that the Soviets deliberately "assassinated" McDonald, and ran to serve out his fifth term. But moderate Democrat George ("Buddy") Darden trounced her, 59% to 41%. The national New Right tried but then despaired of helping Kathy McDonald. "To be perfectly candid," said Paul Weyrich, director of the right-wing Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress, "they ran...
...tense struggle between zealots in the ruling Sandinista movement and those less eager to support the Marxist-led revolution. The trouble has been building since the government announced that all men between the ages of 17 and 22 would be required to register for armed service. Those who refused ran the risk of being imprisoned for up to two years, while anyone who employed an unregistered man was liable to heavy fines. Nonetheless, only 100,000 people, half of those eligible, signed...
...first four games of the season Ernst ran for 155 yards and, more important, cleared the way for tailback Vignali, who gained 406 yards in the same stretch. Injuries forced Ernst to move back to tailback against Dartmouth in the fifth game this fall...
...They [Restic and Gizzi] picked a screen pass, because Brown had been playing aggressive defense all day," Ernst recalls, "We ran it to the sideline and God, there was a huge hole. There were some good downfield blocks. I'm in range for Jim now and I think I'll get out of bounds. But then I cut in and backed out and scored...
Steve Ernst had 238 total yards that day. He ran for 101 yards on just 11 carries, caught eight passes for 137 yards and even returned a punt 10 yards. "Steven Ernst--big play, he's a winner," said Restic after the game...