Word: ran
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...revenge, rivalries have produced some of the most exciting college football. In 1972 sophomore Anthony Davis burst onto the national scene by scoring six touchdowns to lead the University of Southern California over Notre Dame, 45-23. Two years later the Trojans trailed 24-0 at halftime but Davis ran the second half kickoff back for a touchdown and lead a USC rally to a 55-25 drubbing...
...first start at quarterback, senior Greg Gizzi revived an offense that had produced just 15 points in its last two outings. The 5-ft., 10-in, 185-pounder completed 12 of 19 passes for 143 yards and a touchdown as Harvard nipped the Tigers, 28-26. He also ran for 87 yards on 17 carries, including a 47-yard touchdown off a broken play...
...serve out-of-the-way hamlets and small towns. Greyhound has given notice that it would like to cut trips to 98 communities in California alone. But the route changes have not come quickly enough to compensate for the company's falling ridership. Last year Greyhound Lines ran up an operating loss of $16.3 million...
...grabber: "Futuristic way of living arrives in South Florida... Bank at midnight from your living room." When Physician Alfred Damus of Coral Gables, Fla., ran across the announcement one day last week in the morning paper, his imagination went to work. With a system called Viewtron, the doctor and his wife Leatrice could monitor their bank accounts, pay bills, keep track of their stock portfolio and perform other financial tasks simply by tapping the buttons on a notebook-size keyboard. Later that morning his wife spent $600 for the Viewtron machine being advertised at a nearby Burdines department store...
...National Football League. Three years later, Halas and the N.F.L. hit the big time when he signed the famed Galloping Ghost, Halfback Red Grange, who started drawing sellout crowds five days after his last college game. Tightfisted (at first he collected the tickets himself) and tough-minded (he ran up a 73-0 victory to take the 1940 league title from the Washington Redskins), "Papa Bear" Halas developed an ongoing phalanx of stars including Sid Luckman, Johnny Lujack and Gale Sayers. In his 40-year career as head coach, he earned the N.F.L. record for most victories, with 320 regular...